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Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cryptocurrency

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544 points josh2600 | 1 comments | 06 Apr 21 16:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.321s | source
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bilal4hmed ◴[06 Apr 21 18:44 UTC] No.26715700[source]▶
With Signal not releasing their server code and now this, I regret using and asking a good chunk of my base to move to Signal.
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1. Barrin92 ◴[07 Apr 21 00:45 UTC] No.26719231[source]▶
I didn't understand the hysteria about Whatsapp to begin with. Yes, Facebook doesn't exactly have great brand recognition but by all indications the TOC change didn't even actually change anything for individual end users but people kept bugging me about switching to Signal.

Compared to the ICO crypto shenanigans of Telegram and now this I don't see a reason to switch. People also kept trying to get me to use Brave instead of Chrome, and the first time I opened it there was crypto advertisement everywhere.