coinless
Lacking metal currency
Coinless means without coins, typically describing payment systems, machines, or transactions that don't accept or require physical currency.
Laundromats and parking meters have increasingly gone coinless, accepting only cards or mobile payments: The coinless meters frustrated drivers who didn't have the app.
Can also describe a person who lacks coins: I was coinless at the vending machine.
Completely without money
- brokeLacking any funds
- destituteUtterly without means
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
needy · penury · hardship · struggling · bankrupt · insolvent · moneyless · pauperism
Not using physical money
- contactlessRequiring no physical touch
- NFCClose-proximity communication protocol
- mobile-paymentPurchasing via handheld device
- tap-to-payChip-proximity checkout method
e-wallet · Venmo · Zelle · PayPal · swipe · near-field · cardless · touchless
Deficient supply of necessities
- lackDeficiency or absence
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- absenceState of not being
- unavailabilityState of being unobtainable
deficiency · without · depleted · empty · scarce · insufficient · wanting · bereft
Peer-to-peer electronic cash
- EthereumProgrammable blockchain network
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
- cryptoDigital currency system
- decentralizedLacking single authority
tokenized · peer-to-peer · mining · altcoin · stablecoin · DeFi · Web3 · NFT
penniless
Completely without money
- brokeLacking any funds
- destituteUtterly without means
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
indigent · needy · penury · hardship · struggling · bankrupt · insolvent · moneyless · pauperism · strapped
cashless
Not using physical money
- contactlessRequiring no physical touch
- NFCClose-proximity communication protocol
- mobile-paymentPurchasing via handheld device
tap-to-pay · e-wallet · Venmo · Zelle · PayPal · swipe · near-field · cardless · touchless
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
unavailability · deficiency · without · depleted · empty · scarce · insufficient · wanting · bereft · devoid
Bitcoin
Peer-to-peer electronic cash
- EthereumProgrammable blockchain network
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
- cryptoDigital currency system
decentralized · tokenized · peer-to-peer · mining · altcoin · stablecoin · DeFi · Web3 · NFT · Ripple