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So illegal stuff. Ok. While there might be cases you consider moral or ethical even though they’re illegal I’m not sure I’d consider this a net positive or any
by jmyeet 4y ago
So illegal stuff. Ok.
While there might be cases you consider moral or ethical even though they’re illegal I’m not sure I’d consider this a net positive or any reason to think crypto will enjoy mass adoption.
- timcavel 4y ago
- ForrestN 4y agoYes. It's not a compelling argument that something can be used well for crimes. If cryptocurrency is just John Wick tokens, it not only isn't useful to most people, but further it's anti-useful to society in general and will likely be suppressed. It's also hard for me to understand these "payment outside of X authority system" ideas when the value shifts so wildly and so unpredictably. No one wants to get paid, not even criminals, in a currency that might be worth 20% less tomorrow, depending on what's going on with Matt Damon's Super Bowl ad for the criminal currency or whatever.
- snapcaster 4y agoRight, doing illegal stuff is the killer app is my point. I don't know if it's a net positive either, but it's a positive for some users. I hope it's clear I wasn't advocating for any of these things just pointing to successful applications of the technology