When I first visited Argentina in December last year, one of the experiences I remember well was walking around on Christmas Day, when almost everything is closed, looking for a coffee shop. After passing by about five closed ones, we finally found one that was open. When we walked in, the owner recognized me, and immediately showed me that he has ETH and other crypto-assets on his Binance account. We ordered tea and snacks, and we asked if we could pay in ETH. The coffee shop owner obliged, and showed me the QR code for his Binance deposit address, to which I sent about $20 of ETH from my Status wallet on my phone.
当我去年12月第一次访问阿根廷时，我记得很清楚的一个经历是在几乎所有东西都关闭的圣诞节那天到处走，寻找一家咖啡店。在经过大约五家关门的咖啡馆后，我们终于找到了一家开门的咖啡馆。当我们走进去时，店主认出了我，并立即向我展示了他的Binance账户上有ETH和其他加密资产。我们点了茶和点心，并问我们是否可以用ETH付款。咖啡店老板答应了，并向我展示了他的Binance存款地址的二维码，我从我手机上的Status钱包向其发送了大约20美元的ETH。
这远不是该国对加密货币的最有意义的使用。其他人正在用它来存钱，进行国际转账，为大型和重要的交易付款，以及更多。但即使如此，我随机找到一家咖啡店，而它恰好接受加密货币，这一事实显示了采用加密货币的巨大范围。在美国这样的富裕国家，金融交易很容易进行，8%的通货膨胀被认为是极端的，而在阿根廷和世界上许多其他国家，与全球金融系统的联系更加有限，每天的现实就是极端的通胀，加密货币因此经常被称作为是法币之外的救命稻草（因为通胀导致货币严重贬值，所以很多人选择了加密货币）。
This was far from the most meaningful use of cryptocurrency that is taking place in the country. Others are using it to save money, transfer money internationally, make payments for large and important transactions, and much more. But even still, the fact that I randomly found a coffee shop and it happened to accept cryptocurrency showed the sheer reach of adoption. Unlike wealthy countries like the United States, where financial transactions are easy to make and 8% inflation is considered extreme, in Argentina and many other countries around the world, links to global financial systems are more limited and extreme inflation is a reality every day. Cryptocurrency often steps in as a lifeline.
除了Binance，本地交易所的数量也越来越多，你可以在包括机场在内的任何地方看到它们的广告
我的咖啡交易的一个问题是，它并没有真正的实际意义。费用很高，约为交易价值的三分之一。该交易花了几分钟时间来确认。我相信在当时，Status还不支持发送更可靠的快速确认的适当的EIP-1559交易。如果像其他许多阿根廷加密货币用户一样，我只是有一个Binance钱包，那么转账将是免费和即时的。
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