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Internet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. (www.xataka.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

"Cryptobros" =/= "people using crypto", because this is a legitimate usecase. You can see it discussed on Lemmy too. This is how I can pay for my VPS while my card doesn't work. This is how I would pay for a service even if my card did work, but I didn't want to attach pretty much my real name to it. But yea, I agree that it might be complicated logistically. Have seen services where you can buy prepaid cards for crypto - at least that should work.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Yes, but my point was more so that crypto bros swim in that water too, and my thinking was more so to discourage assholes rather than attain 100% immutable anonymity.