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Do you live in a first world country? That may be why.


M-Pesa exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Pesa

Crypto/Bitcoin is frequently touted as a solution for banking the unbanked. But the transaction fees alone make the technology useless for that. Existing solutions like M-Pesa are widely adopted and work. They don't even have to make up new currencies to use it.




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