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Garry Kasparov: Crypto Means Freedom
- vanusa 5y agoSo it will delight many in the blockchain industry to learn that Kasparov, easily one of the smartest people alive, is now a champion of cryptocurrency. Delight it shall. But it doesn't change the fact the fact that, tragically, history is full of instances of brilliant and (like Kasparov) commendably ethical and principled people who ... nonetheless become caught up in all kinds of foolishness and nonsense. Like a certain Sir Isaac Newton for example, who couldn't help but get sucked into this (in its day, equally irresistible) vortex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sea_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sea_Company
- smt88 5y agoIt doesn't seem to have made anyone freer in China, El Salvador, or anywhere else.
- CheezeIt 5y agoIt has. People have used it to get their money in or out of the country.
- smt88 5y agoWhy are people in El Salvador protesting? How do we know their govt-provided wallets aren't also govt-controlled? Why were they unable to exfiltrate their money before? I don't know what's stopping Chinese people from getting fiat out of the country, but they can certainly invest in whatever they want abroad. They still aren't more free until they're actually out of China permanently.