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HN is notoriously very anti-crypto as a community for valid reasons. While asking this question to crypto maximalists isn’t going to get an ideal answer, you’re
by chaostheory 4y ago
HN is notoriously very anti-crypto as a community for valid reasons. While asking this question to crypto maximalists isn’t going to get an ideal answer, you’re not likely to get it here either for different reasons. Too much bias.
To answer your question, as others have mentioned very few people actually care about privacy vs finding another hedge against inflation.
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- mindcrime 4y agoHN is notoriously very anti-crypto as a community for valid reasons. While I don't disagree with that statement, I'd expand it to say that HN'ers tend to be anti-crypto in the sense of being against the absurd hype associated with crypto speculation, and a lot of the really scammy seeming NFT / Web3 stuff that's out there. I think more than a few of us could actually get behind something like Monero based on the privacy aspect. But as we've seen in a few answers already, there are legitimate technical reasons that make Monero (and its peers) less than ideal even for those who do emphasize privacy. very few people actually care about privacy Sad but true. :-(
- D13Fd 4y agoI think the better way to put it is that very few people care about faceless credit card companies or banks knowing what they are buying, or about the government having subpoena access to those records. That's very different from not caring about privacy at all.
- D13Fd 4y agoHaving an opinion and applying it to a situation doesn't make you "biased."