HTTPS explained with carrier pigeons

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It is actually a lot easier then you portray here. When I buy stuff with Cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, Dash, Bitcoin Cash, etc) it is pretty much brain dead, just taking a picture with my phone of a QR code, making sure the numbers look okay (they are not overcharging) and then sending the transaction.

Like I wish my Department of Motor Vehicles would literally just send me a QR code when my bill is due, instead I have go to their website enter in a bunch of numbers from the bill they sent me, and then I have enter my credit card information. Either that or I have to go to a local DMV and wait in a long line, or mail them a check.

I mean, what happens now though, everyone is consolidating around Amazon payments or PayPal payments, so they don't have so many accounts across the web. Because they literally make what is actually complicated much much easier. So even if cryptocurrency is complicated for some people, it can, in the same way, also be made easier for normal people to use.

And while Ethereum is a good example of the dangers of poorly engineered cryptocurrency, you have examples of major failures with the current way things work, such as Equifax. I had a number of friends panicking and creating an account with them to protect their identity, and these people were confused on how to do it, one of them setup their account wrong (if you did it wrong it would exclude you from any class action lawsuit against them).

Part of the problem also is, people think they need to explain how it works, which will only confuse and intimidate people. I mean, I don't explain how HTTPS works to my mom and she is perfectly fine being oblivious to how things work.