Yeah, it's nice to be able to just send money internationally to friends/clients/whoever without using your private information / real world identity / whatever

Yeah, it's nice to be able to just send money internationally to friends/clients/whoever without using your private information / real world identity / whatever. If cryptocurrencies stayed as the small nerd money that no one cares about, that would be great. But of course, capitalism ruined everything, now the buttcoins are 99% used for speculation and scams, there was literally a PonziCoin lol, prices are huge and volatile, transaction fees are huge, the GPU market is completely screwed, there is attention from governments and businesses, and (back to the topic of the article) everyone wants a fucking blockchain instead of a database. (note: If you just want an immutable proof of non-tampering, you need Certificate Transparency!! Not a slow power-wasting system designed around libertarian "trust no one" wank.)