it isn't, no.

I can't send a USD to China without a 3rd party or flying there and going through borders

If you send someone money through Western Union, or Paypal, you're sending USD from one person to another.

it goes through a bank, it's not a dollar note i hold anymore, so they control it while it gets sent.

Yes, they allocate funds within their vaults, essentially.

if they deplatform you, like we've seen happening, you can't send or recieve money on paypal for example

Stop

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Let's be very clear here

PayPal relies on the credit backend

i'm not advocating for crimminal activities

Not what I'm saying.

Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover

but we've seen people get de-platformed for no reason

I'm saying be clear on the target

Banks cannot simply deny you your money

Credit institutions can

What's far scarier than seeing Paypal censor people

if someone in power decides that you're a criminal, even if you're not, they can freeze your account, stop paypal access, etc

is seeing Discovercard censor people.

I'm not saying "this isn't scary"

It is

it's at the whims of SOMEONE is the point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgZL27H_yxk

What I'm saying is before people rush out into the world, make sure you are sure of your target so you can't be kneecapped by detractors

with crypto, you can't stop me from sending money to an address

that's where people see value in it.

Not getting it.

then i'm #fired

Okay, so the entire point of a currency is that it's representative of something else. It's a common, stable value. If a Dollar is under the Gold Standard, your dollar is worth a share of the gold. As a Fiat Currency, your dollar is worth a portion of the whole of the economy, including goods and services.

What, exactly, is Bitcoin a share of?

Or Etherium. or whatever, what are they a share of?

of it only ever having 21 million in existance. it's secured by math and electricity providing digital proofs

I drop a finite amount of deuces on the side of the road. That doesn't make any of them valuable.

deuces?

poo?

When you've got to go you've got to go.

it's worth something to someone

bugs'll eat it, birds eat the bugs

Hey roadcrypto.

The more you speak the more 'Crypto' looks like a religion.