Quote from: Darker45 on Today at 03:02:37 AM

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on September 04, 2021, 07:59:02 AM

Quote from: Darker45 on September 03, 2021, 01:37:49 PM

To someone who doesn't have a permanent address, one could simply request for a certification from the village saying that he/she is a resident of where he/she is currently staying.

Whereas bitcoin does not discriminate against anyone.

Well, this is exactly what I'm saying. Bitcoin has its own share of Visa-like claims. Visa's "A network working for everyone" is similar to Bitcoin's "does not discriminate against anyone." Visa's everyone obviously refers only to those who are banked. Those who are not are not covered by everyone. In the same manner that Bitcoin's anyone refers only to those who have access to electricity, internet, smart phones, and so on. Those who do not have access to these do not belong to anyone. Just as Visa does not literally mean everyone, Bitcoin does not also mean anyone.

Stahp. You're making too much sense. Obviously you were able to tell what is obvious extrapolation in a marketing claim and not blow it out of proportion and somehow work yourself up into taking offense to it like OP did. Simply put, bitcoin isn't any more accessible to people than Visa is, but I would say that Visa is certainly easier to learn and understand to the uninitiated than bitcoin is. As a fan of bitcoin, I'm still rational enough to understand that bitcoin's only advantage over a centralized payment platform is immutability, and I understand what a limited use case that advantage is. Speed, cost, and reliability all go to Visa in a head to head match up. Does that make it better? In most cases I'd say yes, but if immutability is your biggest differentiator, then perhaps not.