@mutualaid I have a #GoFundMe link in my #Bio and #Mastodon is kind enough to have come through for me a few times. If you'd like to donate to the go fund me, it would be very appreciated. Other methods of donating are... #1, #Paypal. Paypal.me/brooketg22 and #2 #Cashapp which is $LavenderSnowXX. I also have #ApplePay for anyone with iPhones, and #Venmo which is LaurenCeleste. More stories about why I need help coming soon. #Mecfss#CFS#Migraines#mentalhealth
#Square, the payment processor, has had a global outage for the past 10 hours with no end in site. Apparently #CashApp has also been down all day too.
I chatted with a couple restaurant owners on Mission St who had to send their staff home early because of the outage. Square has had hour-long outages before, but nothing ever as severe as this.
Periodic reminder that if you ditch the zero-trust part, if you admit that trust matters even a tiny bit, you can ditch the consensus algorithm and run the entire blockchain exercise on one shitty five year old Android phone. A firstgen raspberry pi would be overkill. Seven transactions per second wouldn’t have stretched a 486 on dial-up in 1996 and the whole stack is an embarrassment.
For example #Banks in the #USA are unstable af and the reason why #CashApp and #Venmo don't operate in the #EU and espechally #Germany isn't just lack of licensing by @BaFin but flat-out illegal ToS.
Not to mention that #CreditCard companies do censor one's ability to exercise economic freedom beyond complying with reasonable restrictions like sanctions.
Ask #Sexworkers how often they got their accounts frozen for being a Sexworker!
I'd just say that one should be wary, exercise caution, do research and be diligent before choosing any exchange or whatever platform.
Personally I wished #Monero :monero: and not #PayPal :paypal: , #CashApp & #Venmo (the latter two are U.S. exclusive because they don't want to follow strict #EU#banking and #ConsumerProtection laws!) was mainstream, as it's cheaper than traditional payment processors on sums above €10.
Why would anyone want to use #TornadoCash on #Ethereum / #ETH, which is written in the systemically unsafe Programming Language that is #Solidity when #Monero :monero: / #XMR exists?
A federal consumer watchdog on Thursday warned consumers not to store money on payment apps such as #Venmo, #CashApp or #PayPal, because that money is not automatically insured by the government and could be completely lost if the companies fail.
#CFPB head Rohit Chopra added that his agency is closely examining payment app companies that “sidestep the safeguards” imposed on traditional banks and credit unions.
“Billions of dollars stored in digital payment apps have no guarantee of federal insurance, according to a warning from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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