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mk · 2965 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Dream of Buying a Coffee With Bitcoin Is Dying, If It’s Not Already Dead
That's a large part of the debate, actually. One side in this debate wants your coffee transactions to eventually become bitcoin transactions, saving the merchant (and thus, you) money that would have gone to payment processors. Also, you could then use your card at the pub. The other side doesn't want bitcoin to be used for currency at all. Eventually you will be buying your coffee on a blockchain. You might not ever realize that you are when you are doing it, but it has the potential to cost you and the merchant less when it is. It do not think it is likely that you will be using the bitcoin blockchain, however.