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It's a crypto news website. They're not going to link to basic crypto terms. Your whole comment sounds like confirmation bias to me. You don't like crypto, the

It's a crypto news website. They're not going to link to basic crypto terms. Your whole comment sounds like confirmation bias to me. You don't like crypto, therefore all the new terms you've never heard of must be bad stuff, everyone is out to scam people and crypto isn't "on the level".

naikrovek 5y ago
Maybe it is, I don't know. But I do know that I'm not ever even going to dip a toe into cryptocurrency because of the personalities of the people who are heavily pushing it. I am not talking about you. Everyone I know who is into this is very strongly into it, and they can never really explain why. Lots of non-specific sentiments emerge, and rather quickly, but no real this-changes-things-because-of-X details or explanation about anything. It's the same pattern I've seen from people who believe in psychic readings and Tarot cards, except those two groups can get very specific, it's just about imaginary things. Age is a superpower. I have a few decades behind me. You see patterns in behavior, because people are not snowflakes, and incoming generations make the same mistakes the outgoing generations have made, and must learn the same lessons previous generations have learned. This generation is trying the things that the other generations already tried, etc. Some things change, but the fundamental things people try to do with their lives, those don't really change much generation to generation. Experience is a good teacher. Now, maybe I'm wrong about cryptocurrency, I'll gladly admit that. And I would counter by saying that "I'm seeing the same broad strokes I've seen previously, with different names."
- CuriousSkeptic 5y ago
  I’m not sure it’s been done before though. This crowd seems hell bent on replacing basic trust and civility with algorithms. As if if we could just eliminate morality the world would be better. From what I know this has mostly been described in dystopian sci-fi before, not really tried in earnest.
- ZephyrBlu 5y ago
  Which personalities are you referring to? I'm curious about what you've picked up as well. Like people not being able to explain why they're into it. Could you elaborate on those things a little bit?
  - naikrovek 5y ago
    The super "gung-ho about cryptocurrency" guys. They act a lot like they're selling you a car that they don't have any details about. It's great, it's awesome, it's everything you ever wanted, etc. It will make you look good, it will make you happier, it will make you more confident, and so on, but if you ask about anything other than what is printed on the sticker, they can't answer the question with any detail, and they deflect. That's my (of course limited) experience with cryptocurrency advocates.

naikrovek 5y ago

Maybe it is, I don't know. But I do know that I'm not ever even going to dip a toe into cryptocurrency because of the personalities of the people who are heavily pushing it. I am not talking about you. Everyone I know who is into this is very strongly into it, and they can never really explain why. Lots of non-specific sentiments emerge, and rather quickly, but no real this-changes-things-because-of-X details or explanation about anything. It's the same pattern I've seen from people who believe in psychic readings and Tarot cards, except those two groups can get very specific, it's just about imaginary things. Age is a superpower. I have a few decades behind me. You see patterns in behavior, because people are not snowflakes, and incoming generations make the same mistakes the outgoing generations have made, and must learn the same lessons previous generations have learned. This generation is trying the things that the other generations already tried, etc. Some things change, but the fundamental things people try to do with their lives, those don't really change much generation to generation. Experience is a good teacher. Now, maybe I'm wrong about cryptocurrency, I'll gladly admit that. And I would counter by saying that "I'm seeing the same broad strokes I've seen previously, with different names."

CuriousSkeptic 5y ago
I’m not sure it’s been done before though. This crowd seems hell bent on replacing basic trust and civility with algorithms. As if if we could just eliminate morality the world would be better. From what I know this has mostly been described in dystopian sci-fi before, not really tried in earnest.
ZephyrBlu 5y ago
Which personalities are you referring to? I'm curious about what you've picked up as well. Like people not being able to explain why they're into it. Could you elaborate on those things a little bit?
- naikrovek 5y ago
  The super "gung-ho about cryptocurrency" guys. They act a lot like they're selling you a car that they don't have any details about. It's great, it's awesome, it's everything you ever wanted, etc. It will make you look good, it will make you happier, it will make you more confident, and so on, but if you ask about anything other than what is printed on the sticker, they can't answer the question with any detail, and they deflect. That's my (of course limited) experience with cryptocurrency advocates.