• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    That’s the only thing I use it for, and the only thing I’m interested in. I don’t care about speculation, I just want a private, digital currency so financial institutions and governments can’t snoop on me.

    I don’t buy anything particularly interesting (mostly VPNs and other online services), but I go out of my way as a form of protest because I don’t like how much tracking goes on.

    I stick to Monero for my cryptocurrency use largely because there’s so little speculation and it doesn’t have a good way to track purchases. I only keep a couple hundred USD worth at a time in my wallet, which is plenty for the stuff I buy.

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      4 months ago

      Isn’t every single transaction you’ve made stored on the blockchain that anyone can view? How is that private?

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        4 months ago

        You’d have to tie the wallet number to the person. Not sure how much effort that takes, but it’s a good deal more anonymous than using a credit card.