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>Claiming that it's "just an experiment" is not acceptable when people's money is on the line, at best, and where their lives might hang in the balance, at wors
by EthanHeilman 10y ago
>Claiming that it's "just an experiment" is not acceptable when people's money is on the line, at best, and where their lives might hang in the balance, at worst.
Claiming it is just an experiment means that people should NOT use it when serious money or human lives are on the line. I think we can both agree that people should wait for a technology to mature before betting their life on it.
- plasticmachine 10y agoIf the aim was for it to be experimental, why create a "live" monetary system? Why not keep it testnet-only, untradeable?
- EthanHeilman 10y agoAll cryptocurrencies are experimental, but if no one uses them they will not mature. Is gmail still beta?
- plasticmachine 10y agoNo, Google removed the beta label some time ago: https://gmail.googleblog.com/2009/07/gmail-leaves-beta-launches-back-to-beta.html https://gmail.googleblog.com/2009/07/gmail-leaves-beta-launc... Also if Gmail lost all your email it would be bad, but you'd probably be ok. If ZCash causes you to lose a significant portion of your life saving, on the other hand...
- EthanHeilman 10y ago>No, Google removed the beta label some time ago That was my point, gmail was in beta for five years, but it wasn't in beta forever. Technology takes a long time to mature and it is hard to get to that level of maturity without having people use it for real things. Do not put a significant potion of your life savings in ZCash.