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35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called "Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji".

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[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Except those are real currencies the world recognizes.

Most businesses will tell you to fuck off if you try to pay them in bitcoin.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most businesses will tell you to fuck off if you try to pay them in bitcoin.

Yes and no. You can indirectly pay for things in Bitcoin using a Bitcoin credit card. Although I'm not sure why you would want to.

It's not "paying in bitcoin" if you have a random third party on your side converting it to a currency that isn't a joke.