My Story:
I started using crypto two months ago when I wanted to buy some God's Unchained cards, so I had to buy ETH. I had never used it before and was absolutely shocked that this supposed future of money had transaction fees far worse than any bank I've ever used. As of last week, it takes two transfers of $80 each to move my ETH from an exchange to the card market. THIS IS NOT HOW CRYPTO IS SUPPOSED TO BE. Banano is how crypto is supposed to be.
Why I love Banano (or why 1 ban = 1 ban):
Say you have to transfer Banano 5 times. You start with 1 ban and end with 1 ban because no matter how many times it is transferred, none is lost, therefore 1 ban = 1 ban = 1 ban = 1 ban = 1 ban.
Now let's say you tried to do the same with ETH. Start with 0.001 ETH.
(prices as of 5/22/2021)
Oh wait, you can't, because the gas fee is higher than the transaction itself. in this case 1 ETH = -0.00067 ETH. Use a bigger transfer you say? OK, let's try 0.01 ETH. It's not a fortune but not pocket change.
What happens if you try to send it 5 times? 0.01 ETH = 0.00861 ETH = 0.00722 ETH = 0.00583 ETH = 0.00444 ETH so if you wanna transfer ETH 5 times, 0.01 ETH = 0.00444 ETH. Yet 1 Ban remains equal to 1 ban.
Who would need to do so many transfers you might ask? A person might make a mistake. They might need to get from money one exchange to another only to find that the exchange has certain restrictions, so now they have to send it back, winding up in the same place but with less money than they started. Maybe it's someone who doesn't totally understand crypto, or maybe someone that just wants to buy NFTs for their favorite blockchain game. They are here to USE cryptocurrency, not speculate on it hoping it moons and they become millionaires (although there's nothing wrong with that).
Or maybe I can just point how outrageous it is to have static gas fees that that don't scale down (and this is disregarding the absolutely insane gas fees the past month). This is great for the Whales, for whom gas fees make up a tiny % of their profits. In this regard, most crypto is for Whales. Whales don't mind high gas fees, and often pay much more than the average in order to make sure their trades go through first.
Banano on the other hand is not just for Whales, (although Whales of all types are loved and welcomed by the Banano community). Banano is for everyone. It's for the people who want to be able to use and send money with ease, which is what crypto promised us 10 years ago before becoming just-as-bad-if-not-worse than the regular financial system.
How to get Banano:
Banano is the first cryptocurrency I've seen with an egalitarian distribution system. There are many ways to get Banano. You can get Banano by being active in the community and using the community faucet. You can get Banano through folding@home, using your processing power to help medical research. You can get Banano by posting memes and joining contests. You can get Banano by watching TriggerHaven's twitch feed. (https://www.twitch.tv/triggerhaven). You can also buy Banano at Coinex and a few other exchanges.
TL;DR: Banano is how crypto is supposed to be: Feeless, fast (and rich in potassium).
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