It's odd that I was able to use PayPal for 20 years and then boom Venmo became the standard for people to send money around. I believe this is regional or changes with your different groups of friends. I don't know anyone who hat uses CashApp in my friends and family. Some have used PayPal many years ago, but it seems like everyone has Venmo since it was treated as the fun and social way to send money. Even my parents in their 60s use Venmo. I don't know anyone that uses Zelle either. I think I'd pass out if someone locally offered to pay me in bitcoin. I've thought about trying to get some friends to try Strike and then having them send me that way. Then, I can just send the cash to my Lightning node, but it also seems like a hassle or a dick move to ask someone to pay me but also require them to use a specific application or method. It has just been easier to accept all methods.
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Do you think it’s a dick move to pay people back in the payment solution of your choice? I can get behind the etiquette of one side deciding how the money will be transferred but I don’t want to live in a reality where it’s Venmo only, both ways.
Thank you for saying that about PayPal! I thought I was going crazy! 😂 I was like isn’t this what we’ve been using since 2000 something?! Why and when did we make an overnight switch?!
Anyways, you’re nice and a good friend to cooperate with all payment methods 🙂