Comment by majkinetor

Comment by majkinetor 11 hours ago

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I have a virtual crypto card and gave it to my daughter and she added it to the Google wallet on her android. She uses it anywhere to buy anything. My bank didn't want to open bank account to minor. Everything was set up in 10 minutes. I transfer to her some random coins and it just works.

I also use it myself as a backup abroad when my regular bank foreign account doesn't work for any reason.

I got the card in the middle of the night in 10 minutes.

I think all that is simply awesome.

glitchc 11 hours ago

Used everywhere to buy everything? Some serious evidence is required to support this claim. I bet she can't even buy candy at your neighbourhood convenience store.

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  • majkinetor 11 hours ago

    Dude...

    I can buy anything anywhere. If it supports regular cards, it supports crypto card.

    My first test was to buy candy btw in the local corner shop in the middle of nowhere.

    It is really funny how people on HN can be so stubborn.

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    • lucb1e 11 hours ago

      Fwiw you won't find a supermarket in this country that accepts buying things on credit, much less a local candy store. If that worked for you, it's very specific to wherever you live

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      • majkinetor 10 hours ago

        I used it in Serbia, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Montenegro, Austria... not sure what kind of country you're talking about :)

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    • glitchc 11 hours ago

      Is it a Visa or Mastercard then?

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      • Karrot_Kream 10 hours ago

        Venmo and Coinbase also offer debit cards (Venmo -> Mastercard, Coinbase -> Visa) that work for this purpose. Like OP says it's trivial to get (just open the app, enable the Debit Card feature, read the disclosures (pretty standard stuff but do read them), then add to Google Wallet.)

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kragen 5 hours ago

How do you get a virtual crypto card?

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jgalt212 11 hours ago

Your bank does not offer custodial or joint accounts?

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  • majkinetor 11 hours ago

    I don't want custodial or joint accounts. Then my kids call me to ask about stuff on their accounts. I want them to have their own thing. I want total separation of my own accounts from anything else in the world, including my family.

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    • jgalt212 10 hours ago

      These of accounts do have read access so you can send all your childrens' phone calls straight to voicemail. :)

      Also, you can have complete separation if your accounts are at Bank A, and the dependents are at Bank B.

      I'm not trying to convince you, but moreso keep others from making parenting harder than it already is.

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      • majkinetor 9 hours ago

        You are making it waaay harder than it is :)

        I got this in 10 minutes and have 0 maintenance, and you want me to have account at bank A and B which can take days, if not weeks, along with the constant management. I have a life, you know.

        Nah, I am gonna keep using a crypto card while my neighbor still waits for a card of the local bank 3 months later, after a tone of back&forth.

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