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To answer your questions honestly, no to all of them. Sending money across countries over the world for less cost is not worth the environmental cost to me. I

To answer your questions honestly, no to all of them. Sending money across countries over the world for less cost is not worth the environmental cost to me. I believe the problems in Lebanon can’t be solved with technology because I think trust / a culture can’t be solved with technology. I believe your choice of browser does little in the context of the other 90% who is still on Facebook although I honestly have respect for your dedication and efforts. I do want a sound justification for a new tech that is consuming the power of a small Europan country.

rglullis 6y ago
Another one with the fixed set mentality... let's go for another round. > I do want a sound justification for a new tech that is consuming the power of a small Europan country. The need to consume that much energy is not inherit to the tech. It is just an issue of the current implementation. No one is shrugging their shoulders and saying "it is what it is". What they are saying is "This is one of the many issues that we need to address and we are working towards a solution." Do you know of any new technology that come into existence already free of issues and as efficient as physically possible? Me neither. Also: should I assume that you don't fly anywhere? Don't buy anything from China? Only consumes local produce? Is your concern with the environment guiding all your lifestyle choices or only those you don't care about? > problems in Lebanon (...) can’t be solved with technology. No, the tech does not solve anything by itself. The tech is just an instrument, and it is an instrument that can help people there to escape government measures that lead to mismanagement of resources and favoring bankers. The tech can allow smaller groups of people to be their own (their communities) banks and not having to rely on a centralized "too big to fail" system. The instrument does not "solve" anything. But it allows people to change the scale of the problem. It's much easier to recover from many shocks spread around smaller entities than to recover from one Black Swan event that can wipe out everyone at once. > I believe your choice of browser does little in the context of the other 90% who is still on Facebook although I honestly have respect for your dedication and efforts. Again, the tech is not what is going to solve anything. Brave (the browser) and BAT are just instruments that we have at our disposal to affect the change that we want for our lives. Quite frankly, are you the type of person that always waits everyone else to do something in order to think it is worthy doing? Must be horrible to live with such apathy.
- louwrentius 6y ago
  > Do you know of any new technology that come into existence already free of issues and as efficient as physically possible? Me neither. After 12 years of crypto and blockchain the tech has nothing to show for itself, but to facilitate crime and people chasing lambo money. > Also: should I assume that you don't fly anywhere? Don't buy anything from China? Only consumes local produce? Oh so predictable. I should warn people up front not to come up with whataboutism that just deflect valid criticism. You can’t get away with theft by pointing at somebody else and cry “but but (s)he stole too!”. > The instrument does not "solve" anything. But it allows people to change the scale of the problem. It all reads like after the fact reasoning to me by people just chasing lambo money. Your story was never why all those firestarters bought mining rigs to consume 3KW 24/7. But back to those poor countries: I would like to see (hypothetically) actual independent evidence of a positive impact of crypto for those people, but I am very skeptical > Quite frankly, are you the type of person that always waits everyone else to do something in order to think it is worthy doing? Must be horrible to live with such apathy. What remains is a weak ad hominem, I think I’m done now. Anyway, I do wish you good luck, if I am proven wrong, that would be a good thing.
  - rglullis 6y ago
    Twelve years of work is nothing if you put it in the right perspective. We are still in the 14-bis stage of human flight. To dismiss it entirely as something that "facilitates crime and people chasing lambo money", you are showing either ignorance or malice. It's no different than looking at early-stage internet and thinking "oh, it's only for porn and nerd who can't go out and talk to people in real life". Re: PoW. It's not valid criticism if it's already acknowledged as a crucial point that needs and is getting work and continued attention. You insisting on this point is as much whataboutism as as the one I mirrored there. > Your story was never why all those firestarters bought mining rigs to consume 3KW 24/7 Because that is a non-story. People will act on their self-interest and they had an opportunity to profit. If you want to be upset/find fault about this story, perhaps you should look at the government that allows subsidized energy production and does not care about the externalities of it all. Then perhaps you will also understand the parallels with what I was talking about Lebanon. (Hint: tech that helps with decentralization and neutralizing the power of control held by big central entities) > If I am proven wrong, that would be a good thing. That's the funny part. No one cares about proving anything to you or any of the skeptics. People will continue to build and work on it and keep improving it. And then one day you will be using tech based on blockchain systems without even realizing and you still will be skeptical. And those working on still won't care about you.

rglullis 6y ago

Another one with the fixed set mentality... let's go for another round. > I do want a sound justification for a new tech that is consuming the power of a small Europan country. The need to consume that much energy is not inherit to the tech. It is just an issue of the current implementation. No one is shrugging their shoulders and saying "it is what it is". What they are saying is "This is one of the many issues that we need to address and we are working towards a solution." Do you know of any new technology that come into existence already free of issues and as efficient as physically possible? Me neither. Also: should I assume that you don't fly anywhere? Don't buy anything from China? Only consumes local produce? Is your concern with the environment guiding all your lifestyle choices or only those you don't care about? > problems in Lebanon (...) can’t be solved with technology. No, the tech does not solve anything by itself. The tech is just an instrument, and it is an instrument that can help people there to escape government measures that lead to mismanagement of resources and favoring bankers. The tech can allow smaller groups of people to be their own (their communities) banks and not having to rely on a centralized "too big to fail" system. The instrument does not "solve" anything. But it allows people to change the scale of the problem. It's much easier to recover from many shocks spread around smaller entities than to recover from one Black Swan event that can wipe out everyone at once. > I believe your choice of browser does little in the context of the other 90% who is still on Facebook although I honestly have respect for your dedication and efforts. Again, the tech is not what is going to solve anything. Brave (the browser) and BAT are just instruments that we have at our disposal to affect the change that we want for our lives. Quite frankly, are you the type of person that always waits everyone else to do something in order to think it is worthy doing? Must be horrible to live with such apathy.

louwrentius 6y ago
> Do you know of any new technology that come into existence already free of issues and as efficient as physically possible? Me neither. After 12 years of crypto and blockchain the tech has nothing to show for itself, but to facilitate crime and people chasing lambo money. > Also: should I assume that you don't fly anywhere? Don't buy anything from China? Only consumes local produce? Oh so predictable. I should warn people up front not to come up with whataboutism that just deflect valid criticism. You can’t get away with theft by pointing at somebody else and cry “but but (s)he stole too!”. > The instrument does not "solve" anything. But it allows people to change the scale of the problem. It all reads like after the fact reasoning to me by people just chasing lambo money. Your story was never why all those firestarters bought mining rigs to consume 3KW 24/7. But back to those poor countries: I would like to see (hypothetically) actual independent evidence of a positive impact of crypto for those people, but I am very skeptical > Quite frankly, are you the type of person that always waits everyone else to do something in order to think it is worthy doing? Must be horrible to live with such apathy. What remains is a weak ad hominem, I think I’m done now. Anyway, I do wish you good luck, if I am proven wrong, that would be a good thing.
- rglullis 6y ago
  Twelve years of work is nothing if you put it in the right perspective. We are still in the 14-bis stage of human flight. To dismiss it entirely as something that "facilitates crime and people chasing lambo money", you are showing either ignorance or malice. It's no different than looking at early-stage internet and thinking "oh, it's only for porn and nerd who can't go out and talk to people in real life". Re: PoW. It's not valid criticism if it's already acknowledged as a crucial point that needs and is getting work and continued attention. You insisting on this point is as much whataboutism as as the one I mirrored there. > Your story was never why all those firestarters bought mining rigs to consume 3KW 24/7 Because that is a non-story. People will act on their self-interest and they had an opportunity to profit. If you want to be upset/find fault about this story, perhaps you should look at the government that allows subsidized energy production and does not care about the externalities of it all. Then perhaps you will also understand the parallels with what I was talking about Lebanon. (Hint: tech that helps with decentralization and neutralizing the power of control held by big central entities) > If I am proven wrong, that would be a good thing. That's the funny part. No one cares about proving anything to you or any of the skeptics. People will continue to build and work on it and keep improving it. And then one day you will be using tech based on blockchain systems without even realizing and you still will be skeptical. And those working on still won't care about you.