What are some minimalist projects in the crypto space for digital cash alternatives?

Up to now I’ve made an effort to use cash to not broadcast my every movement to my bank. But as I see cash being phased out around my area I become more motivated to make an effort to contribute to the adoption of crypto, because that’s a potential solution.

What are some good projects in the space that strive to replace cash? I don’t care about the smart contracts, escrow, nfts, etc. I would like to have something that I can conveniently use for day-to-day transactions just like cash in the utopia in which this cryptocurrency is widely adopted. Whether the ‘value’ of that coin will go up or down is irrelvant, but I do care about the existence of a community working towards its adoption in real-case scenarios, and for the project to be actively developed.

Any recommendations of projects I might want to look at?

Schooner,

If you haven’t try Monero. Fully private payments that upholds the original spirit of what crypto was meant to be.

getmonero.org

VolunTerry,

I second this suggestion. Considering all the issues you raised in your post XMR is the obvious choice.

There is also a Lemmy instance dedicated to it you may want to follow.

monero.town

!monero

mudamuda,

I doubt that current systems can replace cash at scale but for niche usage Monero and Litecoin. Also Grin but it is dead.

Thormjolnir,

If you want widley available, it’s Bitcoin or Ethereum.

Sal,
@Sal@mander.xyz avatar

Thanks! My experience with both of these was that transactions would take time and would cost money. A friend showed me Bitcoin’s Lighting Network and that was an improvement. But being built as a layer on top of the original network is too complicated for my simple mind, and I think that there was a fee associated with the transfer too. I am looking for a project that uses a minimalistic approach without the bulk. It doesn’t have to be widely available.

Maybe things have improved with Bitcoin and Ethereum since I tried them. If a friend pays $10 for a pizza to share and I want to send him $5 right away, is it simple to do this with either Bitcoin or Ethereum? Or will it cost me an additional $2.5?

Also, if I want to pay for my groceries. Can I pay with either of these quickly and walk away, or would I need to stand by the payment terminal for 10 minutes until the transaction goes through?

I am thinking about the “ideal world” in which the specific tech is widely adopted. Obviously as it stands today you can’t pay with crypto at the grocery at all.

Thormjolnir,

May want to check out nano or Dash and if you have other crypto, use an exchange to getfrom your crypto, to one of those.

Sal,
@Sal@mander.xyz avatar

Thank you! So far, nano is the one that I find most appealing, and I have tested it in practice and it works very well! A worry I have with it is that it appears like the long-term success of the project depends largely on the few people who run the Nano Foundation. But it aligns well with what I want, and it is much more environmentally friendly than proof-of-work systems, so it is my top choice at the moment. But it has been a few years since I have looked at the coins, and I see that there are over 22,000 now! So if there are other more recent projects similar to nano I’d like to learn about them. Something similar nano but more community-driven, like Monero, would be ideal.

I haven’t used Dash, so I will get some and test out how it works in practice.

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