ccarella

I'm a crypto optimist because its a better payment experience online and off. 

no kings. only working on impossible things.

well, cash is offline, but I can appreciate the irl/url distinction

Well nothing is really offline but if you’ve ever had a crypto payment experience irl with Coinbase wallet, it’s excellent.

not sure how you pay with crypto offline but you seem like a smart guy so imma assume there's a way

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yeah, my american privilege is showing. intl banking is much harder and accessing USDC is a boon. i can also see the benefits for merchants, but don't most stores take the hit bc of the convenience driving more sales (or they upcharge for cc use)? not to mention credit card points and rewards. 

another major concern I have is how easy it is for even knowledgeable crypto people to lose their money to a phishing link / malware / social engineering and how often it happens in the space. it's made me nervous about asking friends to onramp funds (instead I suggest contributing to a project / winning a prize or bounty for funds). any suggestions with the security issue?

I assume you mean in the US. It’s better for the merchants because credit card fees are high. Twice in the U.S. this year I paid less for something because I paid with USDC. Paying less makes it better.

But I spend most of my time in Honduras where the banking system is  just terrible and it’s better than Hondurans credit cards in so many ways.

Than as someone with two homes, there are often things I can’t buy with a U.S. credit card and vice versa. Most recently I can subscribe to Spotify with my U.S. credit card if my IP is Honduras.

how would you say it’s better and easier than credit cards?

oh wow! it’s like now default for cross border payments in Africa atm

Agreed. My not so secret wish is that the ease of tipping and payments that exists on WC would be in /dcl

If you won’t be offended can you pls explain more about the offline part to me ?

And it’s a universal language we all understand.