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fiatjaf · 145w
I don't get why people like these companies that sell you gift cards and similar stuff for Bitcoin and make you pay more than you would pay if using fiat. Is the goal to make Bitcoin look inferior?
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I agree with you. In my opinion, being in their infancy, they try to cash in as many sats as possible (having minimal competition). Also, the "bitcoiners" are happy because they think they are contributing to the development of the Bitcoin standard when, in fact, they're not.
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nostrich · 145w
If it is only one entity (or very few) cashing in sats it is not Bitcoin standard. I would try to convince activities that sell what I am looking for to do that or I would look for someone who already does it. The truth is that centralization is convenient and you can see that in these things as wel...