Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin
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@scottalanmiller said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@emad-r said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
It seems CPU reached a limit regarding Parallel processing. especially x86 arch. which creates the equal playing field.
In what way does that equal the playing field? I see nothing of the sort. It just takes a naturally uneven playing field and makes it equally, or more, uneven but in a pointless and artificial way.
how do you see the playing field as uneven? Unless you're talking about how power is more expensive in some places vs others.
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@dashrender said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@scottalanmiller said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@emad-r said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
It seems CPU reached a limit regarding Parallel processing. especially x86 arch. which creates the equal playing field.
In what way does that equal the playing field? I see nothing of the sort. It just takes a naturally uneven playing field and makes it equally, or more, uneven but in a pointless and artificial way.
how do you see the playing field as uneven? Unless you're talking about how power is more expensive in some places vs others.
How was it ever uneven? The field is uneven always in the same way - the rich can afford more and faster processors, more electric, etc. Whether that power comes in the form of CPUs, GPUs, ASICs, etc. doesn't really matter. The field was always uneven to give the rich more ability to mine, and it remains just as uneven. Making it just way more expensive, if anything, would help the rich more than the poor because the overall value of the mining is less so only larger scale would have any real purpose.
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It seems a bizarre assumption that the use of CPUs is somehow "fair and even" and using GPUs is "unfair." How could technology work that way? If we step back, it's really double precision processors are fair and single precision processors are unfair. Sounds pretty bizarre when put in math terms, right?
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@scottalanmiller said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
It seems a bizarre assumption that the use of CPUs is somehow "fair and even" and using GPUs is "unfair." How could technology work that way? If we step back, it's really double precision processors are fair and single precision processors are unfair. Sounds pretty bizarre when put in math terms, right?
This was my whole point.
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This is all likely to change if the lightning network gets going. I'm not well versed enough to try to explain it, in a clear concise text post, but it is a add on that will allow for near instant transfers and the ability to keep sort of a tab open for micro transactions to take place, then close out after services. Google it if you are interested in how it works under the hood.
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@s-hackleman said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
This is all likely to change if the lightning network gets going. I'm not well versed enough to try to explain it, in a clear concise text post, but it is a add on that will allow for near instant transfers and the ability to keep sort of a tab open for micro transactions to take place, then close out after services. Google it if you are interested in how it works under the hood.
Raiblocks does much of that already today.
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@scottalanmiller said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@s-hackleman said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
This is all likely to change if the lightning network gets going. I'm not well versed enough to try to explain it, in a clear concise text post, but it is a add on that will allow for near instant transfers and the ability to keep sort of a tab open for micro transactions to take place, then close out after services. Google it if you are interested in how it works under the hood.
Raiblocks does much of that already today.
I know others do, but having this functionality on the most popular coin on in the world could be a game changer. Right now using bitcoin to do anything other than hold long term wealth is close to useless.
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I'm just amazed that Paypal hasn't made paying easier. It's not crypto currency, but the option to make much more secure transactions using your phone to pay via Paypal seems obvious.
Some locations (Home Depot) allow payment via Paypal.
I wonder if it's people not wanting it or businesses not wanting it?
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@dashrender said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
I'm just amazed that Paypal hasn't made paying easier. It's not crypto currency, but the option to make much more secure transactions using your phone to pay via Paypal seems obvious.
Some locations (Home Depot) allow payment via Paypal.
I wonder if it's people not wanting it or businesses not wanting it?
Businesses don't want it, the fees are too high.
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@scottalanmiller said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@dashrender said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
I'm just amazed that Paypal hasn't made paying easier. It's not crypto currency, but the option to make much more secure transactions using your phone to pay via Paypal seems obvious.
Some locations (Home Depot) allow payment via Paypal.
I wonder if it's people not wanting it or businesses not wanting it?
Businesses don't want it, the fees are too high.
Then I guess that means that PP doesn't want it either - CC's fees used to be to high for fastfood use, but that changed.
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@s-hackleman said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@scottalanmiller said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@s-hackleman said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
This is all likely to change if the lightning network gets going. I'm not well versed enough to try to explain it, in a clear concise text post, but it is a add on that will allow for near instant transfers and the ability to keep sort of a tab open for micro transactions to take place, then close out after services. Google it if you are interested in how it works under the hood.
Raiblocks does much of that already today.
I know others do, but having this functionality on the most popular coin on in the world could be a game changer. Right now using bitcoin to do anything other than hold long term wealth is close to useless.
I dont believe in bitcoin itself long term. I think there is still money to be made on it, but who knows in 5 years.
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@dashrender said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@scottalanmiller said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@dashrender said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
I'm just amazed that Paypal hasn't made paying easier. It's not crypto currency, but the option to make much more secure transactions using your phone to pay via Paypal seems obvious.
Some locations (Home Depot) allow payment via Paypal.
I wonder if it's people not wanting it or businesses not wanting it?
Businesses don't want it, the fees are too high.
Then I guess that means that PP doesn't want it either - CC's fees used to be to high for fastfood use, but that changed.
That PP doesn't want what?
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@irj said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@s-hackleman said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@scottalanmiller said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@s-hackleman said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
This is all likely to change if the lightning network gets going. I'm not well versed enough to try to explain it, in a clear concise text post, but it is a add on that will allow for near instant transfers and the ability to keep sort of a tab open for micro transactions to take place, then close out after services. Google it if you are interested in how it works under the hood.
Raiblocks does much of that already today.
I know others do, but having this functionality on the most popular coin on in the world could be a game changer. Right now using bitcoin to do anything other than hold long term wealth is close to useless.
I dont believe in bitcoin itself long term. I think there is still money to be made on it, but who knows in 5 years.
I don't believe in any cryptocurrency. I doubt it will ever be as stable as general regular currency (not that the USD is stable, but relatively speaking it is), on top of the conversion and transaction fees... I can't see it becoming mainstream if ever.
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The USD is going down down down.
Just in the beginning of last summer when I was in Sweden, when we paid money up front for a place to say, I was loving it because 1 USD was like 9.something Kr. Now, 1 USD is 7.9 KR. HUGE HUGE difference. Whatever is going on, I don't know... but it's going back down to how it was years ago.
By the time we paid our last month there... the USD had already fallen enough for it to make a pretty significant difference between first months rent and the last month we were there.
We also lost a little bit getting our deposit back due to the change.
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I can only imagine the frustration with cryptocurrency.
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Stocks seem to be going up... with the USD going down... I dont' knwo what that's pointing to, but seems odd.
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@tim_g said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@irj said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@s-hackleman said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@scottalanmiller said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@s-hackleman said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
This is all likely to change if the lightning network gets going. I'm not well versed enough to try to explain it, in a clear concise text post, but it is a add on that will allow for near instant transfers and the ability to keep sort of a tab open for micro transactions to take place, then close out after services. Google it if you are interested in how it works under the hood.
Raiblocks does much of that already today.
I know others do, but having this functionality on the most popular coin on in the world could be a game changer. Right now using bitcoin to do anything other than hold long term wealth is close to useless.
I dont believe in bitcoin itself long term. I think there is still money to be made on it, but who knows in 5 years.
I don't believe in any cryptocurrency. I doubt it will ever be as stable as general regular currency (not that the USD is stable, but relatively speaking it is), on top of the conversion and transaction fees... I can't see it becoming mainstream if ever.
But there are zero transaction fees for a lot of things.
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@tim_g said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
The USD is going down down down.
Just in the beginning of last summer when I was in Sweden, when we paid money up front for a place to say, I was loving it because 1 USD was like 9.something Kr. Now, 1 USD is 7.9 KR. HUGE HUGE difference. Whatever is going on, I don't know... but it's going back down to how it was years ago.
By the time we paid our last month there... the USD had already fallen enough for it to make a pretty significant difference between first months rent and the last month we were there.
We also lost a little bit getting our deposit back due to the change.
That's what Trump was promising. Part of his campaign was always a weak US dollar to shift the US towards blue collar manufacturing jobs and sending the white collar knowledge jobs to Europe and Asia.
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@tim_g said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
Stocks seem to be going up... with the USD going down... I dont' knwo what that's pointing to, but seems odd.
That's the expected result. If the value of a company stays steady, and the US dollar devalues, then the amount of USD that the stock is worth goes up. If the stock didn't go up as the dollar fell, then the company would be losing value as a company, on top of the USD falling.
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@scottalanmiller said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
@tim_g said in Starbucks says it will accept crypto currency, but not bitcoin:
Stocks seem to be going up... with the USD going down... I dont' knwo what that's pointing to, but seems odd.
That's the expected result. If the value of a company stays steady, and the US dollar devalues, then the amount of USD that the stock is worth goes up. If the stock didn't go up as the dollar fell, then the company would be losing value as a company, on top of the USD falling.
I see, makes sense.
