Sure. If I go to another country I use their currency or just my credit card that doesn't charge me for international purchases. I don't learn the name of the individual coins or whatever. It just works.
Bitcoin is not so straightforward though. And there is no easy way to use it. I have to find loopholes and work arounds. The only thing I am using bitcoin for by paying directly is data for my phone and my Proton Mail account.
There is no other easy way for me to use Bitcoin in my day to day life. Its like using Yen in the US - no one will recognize the money.
My main point is that we should think about ways to make it more accessible. Maybe it is clarifying names, or maybe it is something else. But dismissing things just because people should be able to do this or that isn't how we make things easier. Clearly things could be improved. I think it is good to discuss these things.
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