[Cryptography] What has Bitcoin achieved?

[Bill Frantz]

On 6/5/14 at 3:18 PM, johnl at iecc.com (John Levine) wrote:

>I believe that you feel that way, but it's quite clear that most
>people don't, since approximately nobody pays for stuff from a wallet
>full of cash.  (Do you?  If not, why not?)

OK, I'm not "most people". I pay cash for a lot of things. I 
shop in farmer's and flea markets where cash is king. What I 
don't pay cash for is mostly:

   Times when I don't have that much cash.

   Vendor's who will take a personal check (mostly friends).

   Gasoline (credit cards are just too easy).

   Online buys (ditto).

Most everything else is cash. I think I mostly use cash for the 
faster transactions, but privacy paranoia may also play a role.

Cheers - Bill

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