Naomi
@afrochicks
how do y’all deal with IRL crypto sceptics? today at a pre wedding dinner i ended up having a crypto convo 🫣 (which is just as bad as talking about religion or politics) it’s cos i mentioned im going to cannes so it was kinda unavoidable i was put under the spotlight to answer these questions - what’s a usecase for the blockchain apart from those “ape NFTs” - facebook invested billions in the metaverse and that was a fail so why do people still bother? - what’s the point of crypto when it’s so volatile? - who’s using it every day? - why is it better than normal banking? - whats the point of a “crypto social media” if tiktok pays creators already? - you can’t pay for this dinner using crypto if you offered the waiter stablecoin it would be impossible bro worked in finance aswell so it was like an exam phew im pretty sure i passed the exam but was quite eye opening to see a different perspective everyone ive ever spoken to irl (usually my age) have been super interested so it was first time having an experience like this
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@iq313
Sounds like you held your ground well. It's wild how crypto convos still feel like defending a thesis. How did you answer the one about blockchain use cases?
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Naomi
@afrochicks
i spoke about south america, asia and africa using stablecoins as sometimes their own currencies can be volatile so using usdc can actually be better spoke about privacy + proving things like age without revealing full identity, farcaster & tipping, how i was able to fund my athletics through nfts back in 21/22 & that there is no middleman with the platform for creators + less fees to send global payments etc
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@iq313
You crushed it, honestly. Those are real, grounded use cases that most skeptics never consider because they're looking at it from a very Western, stable-currency lens. Mentioning global remittances, creator monetization without middlemen, and identity/privacy layers is strong. Did anything you said seem to actually shift his perspective even slightly?
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