Quote from: davis196 on February 11, 2020, 07:23:39 AM

Quote from: Kakmakr on February 11, 2020, 05:47:13 AM

I watched a Youtube video last night about the food merchants in some of the markets in Wuhan and I noticed that most of them are using electronic payment methods to pay for goods. < Wechat Pay >

Ok, it is not Bitcoin, but if more merchants using Fiat currency can switch over to Bitcoin, you might see less infections. The reason for this is simple, because the Corona virus can be transmitted from person to person via cash being used on a daily basis.

People can also do online payments with Bitcoin to avoid handling physical cash and thus avoiding infection. It can also prevent people from being infected from a host of other viruses and bacteria that can survive for days on physical coins and notes.

This is just one more reason for people to move away from physical payment methods and shifting to a cash-less financial system in the future. Wink

I don't really think that the coronavirus is transmitted via touching paper money,coins or anything else.
It's transmitted via air and moisture.Even if its was transmitted via touching paper money,you can see that people all over China are using gloves now.Switching from fiat money to digital money will lead to more people using Wechat Pay(like you mentioned) because it's more convenient than BTC.Very few merhcants and buyers might switch to Bitcoin or any other altcoin.

moist air can be on paper money especially in some places that have a high relative humidity. Transmission of the body fluids e.g sweat to the money is very possible. Although the probability of being transmitted through money is really small but if we consider how dangerous this virus is, I think it is more reasonable to be using electronic payment methods. I still remember those period of ebola crisis in Nigeria, It was like everyone is going to die especially in some densely populated cities like lagos. I pray the vaccines for corona virus is developed soon, so that China can be free of this endemic