where does the seller get money from?

a bank

there is a bank between you and the seller

it's not tangential like a T or something

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the seller is intermediary not my payment route

and i'm not paying the bank i'm paying the seller, so, no

same analogy applies

is it not bitcoin if i traded fiat to acquire the bitcoin?

not logical, and stretching the definition of intermediated into the realm of the absurd

also, in my case, i literally was paid bitcoin by my boss

is it not bitcoin if he traded that from ethereum or USD to pay me?

the gift cards may be denominated in fiat but they are not fungible fiat

they can only be spent on the nominal value at the vendor issuing said gift card

so, it's no less bitcoin transaction than cashu tokens