11 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 30 Mar 2023 \ on: Going Cashless: EU Is Pushing To Criminalize Use Of Physical Cash -Activist Post bitcoin
It's starting. I went to an NHL hockey game last night in Washington DC and tried to pay for a beer in cash. I couldn't. They only accept credit card payments or an arena specific app.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 30 Mar 2023
Did stores inexplicably stop accepting change during the pandemic where you live?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 30 Mar 2023
Yes, to avoid "contact spread" or some nonsense.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 30 Mar 2023
That's what they said at first, but then the reason became a mysterious coin shortage, that neither I nor any of my economist colleagues had heard anything about.
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