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    7 months ago

    so I can buy illicit drugs, and…?

    wake me up when I can use it to buy my fucking groceries.

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      7 months ago

      If you pay for privacy oriented online services, mostly by providing a privacy respecting service, they often accept Monero.

      Off the top of my had I know that Mullvad VPN and Standard Notes accept Monero, but if you look for it, there are probably more.
      Other than that, PrivacyGuides recommends CoinCards as a gift card store that accept Monero payments. CC has gift cards for several popular online services. They are not yet available in Europe, but if you know that the service you want to sign up for does not enforce using the gift card in the appropriate region, you can buy it from a region that is already supported.

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        7 months ago

        the world doesnt consist of the us and europe. in fact those are like, 12% of the planets population combined?

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          I use it to buy gift cards in India, currently the most populous country on the planet(for better or for worse), that adds up to… 35-45% of the world population; the figure does not even include the African and south American countries where there is a significant adoption of cryptocurrencies due to high inflation rates of the local currency.

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      7 months ago

      For groceries and most regular purchases (including online stores), there is cash. But I do use Monero for a legit reason - paying for my VPS and domain.