Somehow it seems you are offended. Why?<p>You may even use Visa, still doesn&#x27;t mean that you are dealing with US dollars. Why do you think is it completely normal to have Visa as being a global country dealing with the cross-country transactions, but not Bitpay?<p>If you have access to the international banking system, great. It is not a bad thing. Just like it is <i>not</i> a bad thing to have bitcoin as an <i>alternative</i>.<p>The one thing that I don&#x27;t get, anytime that Bitcoin comes here, is that people seem to think that it is an either&#x2F;or proposition. That for Bitcoin to be usable it needs to <i>completely replace</i> the Almighty US Dollar or any other sovereign currency.<p>Cryptocurrencies and the blockchain are just tools that are being explored and developed as a way to bring trust to transactions and accounting without a central authority. What is bad about that?<p>We don&#x27;t <i>need</i> to have Central Banks. &quot;Us non-Americans&quot; don&#x27;t <i>need</i> to use American Institutions to participate in a global economy.<p>This idea of &quot;I can pay with Visa, therefore Bitcoin is useless&quot; is short-sighted.