Monero mentioned in the news
"That’s why, while almost no one pays for coffee with bitcoin, many use the privacy coin monero (XMR) to buy this or that"
https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2024/06/14/mass-adoption-would-ruin-crypto-keep-it-a-niche/
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I paid for a lot of coffee and pizza with bitcoin, but that was back when the fees were reasonable
Oh, so did I when fees were reasonable. I used to use Gyft all the time to obtain Starbucks, groceries, etc. Now that is totally unthinkable. Bitcoin for that use case is dead.
I still use it for $500 gift cards. But if you know of a legit source for cards to Amazon that accepts xmr, let me know
I use coinsbee.com for GCs with Monero
Ah, that's that sketch one that sends you secret keys over email
I've never personally had a problem with it, but yeah, that's how they do it.
so you're the guy
A lot of us did. But this was about 10 years ago.