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To be fair, crypto currencies _are_ more useful than some pretty flowers. You can actually use it to e.g. buy stuff (though most of that is drugs) and to transf
by mckirk 4y ago
To be fair, crypto currencies _are_ more useful than some pretty flowers. You can actually use it to e.g. buy stuff (though most of that is drugs) and to transfer money (though most of that is evading taxes). The use cases discovered so far might not be the most socially beneficial, but crypto currencies and blockchains in general do have some inherent value that's above $0. Where that value actually lies will only become apparent once the people trying to get rich hodling will have become disillusioned, though.
- ackbar03 4y agoI dunno man, them tulips pretty nice to look at but looking at crypto prices and my wallet causes me pain
- shuckles 4y agoIsn’t the criticism of this use case that since the exchange of value is not native to crypto itself, its worth as a medium of exchange is sensitive to governments allowing it to persist as a conduit for illegal transactions. Is it really impossible for a government crackdown to make crypto just as hard to exchange illegally as, say, regular currency?