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🧵 How does crypto go from something only a few people use to something everyone uses without even thinking about it?

@Dan_Jeffries1 takes a look for #PaymentsWeek, presented by @circlepay: coindesk.com/layer2/payment…

Utilizing the Lightning Network, millions of people can send fractions of a bitcoin at instant speed – at the same time. But it does not come without drawbacks.

#PaymentsWeek, presented by @circlepay: coindesk.com/layer2/payment…

Retention is an important metric for the business of mobile games and monetizing them with #bitcoin seems to suggest an overall improvement to the business of the game. But what about adoption?

#PaymentsWeek, presented by @circlepay: coindesk.com/layer2/payment…

People don’t care how payments work, @trspalding writes, they just want them to work.

And they certainly aren't comfortable with permanently losing assets by forgetting a password.

An opinion for #PaymentsWeek, presented by @circlepay: coindesk.com/layer2/payment…

Crypto payments have been growing, albeit from a low base. Can they become as common as @PayPal?

Experts weigh in on the pitfalls and possibilities for #PaymentsWeek, presented by @circlepay: coindesk.com/layer2/payment…

We asked you: What is the future of online payments?

Here’s what you said 👇

Check back tomorrow for more from #PaymentsWeek, presented by @circlepay. coindesk.com/paymentsweek

P.S. Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET on Spaces: @TammyCamp, @andershelseth, @danoprey, @hmichellerose and @circlepay's Joao Reginatto join CoinDesk's @mikeybellusci to discuss Bitcoin’s return to its payments utility as part of #PaymentsWeek.

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