Thanks so much for your thoughtful reply — really appreciated!

What you said is exactly what we’re aiming for: making crypto spending simple, smooth, and actually worth it. That’s why we’re building a platform with features like crypto cashback (1–3%), stablecoin support, and an experience that feels just like any regular online store.

If you're interested, I’d love to give you access to the beta.

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Your feedback matters — we're building this for the crypto community, and your input helps shape the platform into something truly useful.

Someday, it all will be regulated properly, and the space won't suffer much from those wanting to tax the crypto usage for such operations to the brim.

But for now, we live as we live, unfortunately..

If you have been staying in the crypto market for quite long, you will know why majority prefer to hold bitcoin like digital gold rather than spend it easily as a currency and lost their hard-earned bitcoins that a lot of people have been very eager to have.

Bitcoin has a good store of value, the longer you hold it, the higher its price will be, so it’s no surprising why majority turn greedy just to have and hold bitcoin. Though it’s meant to be spend, but I believe for now it’s not the most appropriate thing to do.

That's exactly what we're building — an online store where you can buy anything you want using Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. We'd love to hear your feedback on the beta!

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I am one of the people who may exist for this because indeed until now I still do hodl and never make bitcoin as a currency.

But in this case it does not mean that we do not want to try to buy an item or make this a currency because in fact there are several obstacles that might occur if this is done. As for now in my country although it may still be said to be neutral and there are even indications of more than neutral but until now bitcoin is still used as a commodity asset not as a means of payment so instead of stepping over regulations that could be difficult it would be better to stay on the predetermined path because this could be a good thing rather than later offending existing regulations in the government.

In addition, indeed my initial view of bitcoin is still one of the assets that can be used as an investment for my future so I still don't really want to make this a payment method (for myself personally now) but it does not rule out the possibility that this will happen in the future where I buy and spend my assets on an item but for now I just want to focus on the investment I made with my bitcoin so I still survive with the bitcoin hodl that I have.

And if the fear is that big, there are plenty of DEX options to go off the grid, so to speak, just an extra step to do so

People are torn between holding it for future gains and using it like regular money. When big names in Bitcoin world tell everyone to HODL it makes sense that most people not want to spend their Bitcoin.

Why spend something today if you think it will be worth much more tomorrow? This is especially true for those still trying to get more Bitcoin.

But this also stops Bitcoin from becoming widely used currency because for that to happen people need to actually spend it. Right now most people see Bitcoin as something to invest in or save not something to buy groceries with. Only those with much of Bitcoin might feel okay spending some as it will impact their total much.

It's okay to do both, but never forget who is the kind of storing the value and what may come from it in the long run.

I personally think crypto mostly as a store of value especially during uncertain markets but I think the shift toward spending will come once we have more stability better UX and incentives. If your platform can make it seamless and offer real value compared to fiat options I think a lot of people would be open to spending their crypto more often