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As if people don't lose real money everyday in bleeding edge investments. This is HackerNews, born from the tech startup/VC culture, right?
by mason240 9y ago
As if people don't lose real money everyday in bleeding edge investments.
This is HackerNews, born from the tech startup/VC culture, right?
- tdb7893 9y agoThere's a difference between losing money on a bet (like VCs) and having it stolen from you (cryptocurrency).
- hanniabu 9y agoYou're acting like a founder never ran off with a VC's money and that there also aren't legit cryptos. This is the real world. Scummy people exist in all facets of life.
- tdb7893 9y agoThey exist everywhere but that hasn't stopped them from being especially prevalent in cryptocurrencies. The financial system is pretty sketchy in general but cryptocurrencies seem to have a large amount of scandals for having such a low volume of people actually using them.