Open source, public and permissionless infrastructure for the web. Very different than Venmo which is owned by PayPal and limited to USA, and not programmable, no interop.
about the OP’s thread: centralized services like PayPal, Venmo and Stripe can close your account. Nobody can close your private key, even if you are on a L2 for fast payments you can use the escape hatch to withdraw without possibility of censorship.
about the OP’s thread: centralized services like PayPal, Venmo and Stripe can close your account. Nobody can close your private key, even if you are on a L2 for fast payments you can use the escape hatch to withdraw without possibility of censorship.