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    22 hours ago

    And this is why platforms are nice yet cutting the middle man is important. There was a time before walled gardens.

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          8 hours ago

          If nothing else it’s a bit of a faff. But again you’d need someone to convert it to fiat for it to be useful in every day life, which isn’t super removed from a payment processor. It’s pretty much difficult to get away from a middleman somewhere.

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        10 hours ago

        Direct bank transfers. Those are a thing.

        p.s

        They commented, I replied. Is it that exotheric of an idea? I can transfer money anywhere I want, to any bank account. You want to support someone, send them money directly.

        There was a world before PayPal.

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            8 hours ago

            What is this? Mafia? If you have my account number that is it. You can send me money but you can’t get anything out of it.

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            8 hours ago

            My bank number account is a string of numbers. Besides the country and bank entity code, no other information can be obtained and no movements can be ordered on it by a non titular.

            Money can be transfered in but the account can’t be moved by anyone but the titular.