17 sats \ 7 replies \ @kristapsk 24 Apr \ parent \ on: Sustainable Profit Taking on Stacker News meta
No, they aren't issuing cards themselves, they act as a proxy merchant for VISA gift cards issued by some other company.
So in the end they actually sell VISA cards. What's the difference?
Is not the final merchants still accepting fiat with these cards?
Let's not hide behind the tree.... let's say the thing as they are.
FFS I can'r believe , I am debating with bitcoiner if merchants should accept BTC or VISA fiat cards !
At this point I really don't know why are we still fighting... let's just use fiat all the way.
FIAT DELENDA EST!
If people do not understand the meaning of this... idk know why we are still here.
funny enough the comment comes from a guy that want to "defend" privacy... shilling for use of visa cards... right.
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I mean technically - if you are shop that also sells bread, are you bread company? Don't think so.
And there is Bitcoin economy involved, proxy merchants can earn BTC for themselves by getting rid of fiat, without using centralized exchanges. TBC is basically proxy merchant company, VISA cards is only one of their products, they sell various gift cards. Same as Bitrefill, for example.
And I don't shill anything. But they can be helpful, when you really need to pay for something and only have sats and no way to pay with sats directly. Let's say, you need to pay for a taxi to the airport in the middle of the night in random foreign country.
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you need to pay for a taxi to the airport in the middle of the night in random foreign country.
If they do not accept sats, I will just walk away.
BITCOIN OR NOTHING.
please do not make me to lower my appreciation to your reputation. I was expecting this kind of comment from other shitcoiners but not from you.
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So, I should say to my wife, no more vacations to other countries where I can't pay for everything with sats directly? No travelling to Bitcoin conferences, if I can't pay for everything I need in that city with sats directly?
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What about NO vacations at all and stack more sats?
BTC conferences are a wasting time and money anyways...
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What about NO vacations at all and stack more sats?
Until I die and can't use them other way than hodl forever? I'm not in my 20s anymore.
BTC conferences are a wasting time and money anyways...
Completely disagree. Baltic Honeybadger, HCPP, BTC Prague has given me a lots of new contacts and oppurtunities in Bitcoin space.
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fine... more sats for me
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