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mbesto on Feb 14, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Blockfi agrees to pay $100M in penalties and pursu...

Which is an entirely pointless way to transact commerce for 99% of the population. I get my paycheck in USD and then buy goods and services with it. If it converts to BTC and then BTC back to USD then whats the point? It's just paying with a credit card with extra steps.

What's the use case here?

bduerst on Feb 15, 2022 [–]

Oh I'm not defending it. It's a garbage way to pay considering the competitive alternatives they allow.

It's marketing to a specific niche of tech bro, which is probably a large enough segment of Newegg's customers to justify it.

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