The Importance of Using Cash with Bitkiwi Paul

Jan 27 2023 • 1hr 11m

Show Notes

I talk with Bitkiwi Paul about my new year's resolution to use more cash and how Bitcoiners might align with it in an increasingly cashless world where surveillance and tracking is normalised.
Links:
Bitkiwi on Twitter: @Bitkiwi1
Stacker News Article, "Use More Cash": https://stacker.news/items/116919

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@mrmr

11,011 sats

Jan 27 2023

great show title, great guest. . "cash is fungible and anonymous" what does this have to do with BTC/XBT/'bitcoin'? (BTC is neither) . 'cash as a fallback' in nz? . good luck. ATM's are closing/removed. . CASH is full and FINAL settlement. . . use XMR (monero) for fungibility / anon. * good grief * coin co-operation is the way to go. . i like your idea of a 'new years resolution' to use/carry cash. might buy you lunch, if EFTPOS goes down, right? . ALL: look in the mirror. the enemy is within.

@codyellingham

Jan 27 2023

The EFTPOS network is frail, cash is robust. Thanks for the support.

@mrmr

674 sats

Jan 27 2023

CASH and bitcoin ... PERMISSIONLESS (P2P).

@codyellingham

Jan 27 2023

I am not happy when I see a shop with a sign saying “we are cashless”. It excludes a whole group of people (including me now) from going there, and they might not even know because cards are so common.

@mrmr

Jan 27 2023

yeah ditto here. many states/cities in the US have passed laws to ban this discrimination. sadly, i suspect some businesses are doing this to stop internal theft (think staff skimming the til). many are franchises so they do not set their own policy. but the smaller ones, i gently let them know ONCE, and then NEVER give them another cent. AND i steer others away whenever i can. oh and then there's the pressure (and incentives) from the banks. this seems likely to be the driver.. incentives.