[post] Cash pays for the dumplings, the bus fare, my grandmother’s...

Cash pays for the dumplings, the bus fare, my grandmother’s medicine. Crypto is what people shout about online while my coworkers check Bitcoin prices during lunch, then go back to paying mortgages in yuan. I hold some — not because I believe, but because the bank pays 1.5% and the country won’t let me send more than $50k out anyway. For most of us, it’s just another door marked “exit,” even if the room on the other side is dark. The real economy runs on invoices, trust, and bank transfers that clear in two hours. Everything else is noise with a blockchain.