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Not everyone has this privilege. In fact, most people in the world can't do what you're doing. For them it is immensely hard in comparison.
by kevinak 4y ago
Not everyone has this privilege. In fact, most people in the world can't do what you're doing. For them it is immensely hard in comparison.
- knorker 4y agoMost people in the world can definitely not use cryptocurrencies. Maybe the average nonprivileged will succeed once or twice, but this is like going to Vegas and using the martingale system: It'll make you win consistently, right up to the point where you lose everything you have. I've always found the "what about the third world" arguments bizarre. As if villages and huts are filled with technical geniuses who will never lose their passwords. And if not wallet keys, then all the blockchain mini-banks who give you no recourse if you lose your second factor, and don't have to because they're not regulated. And that's the mini-banks who aren't plain rugpulls, or get hacked. The people who are privileged enough to successfully be able to use cryptocurrencies are also privileged enough to even more successfully use proper banking.
- kevinak 4y agoAre you insinuating folks in the developing world are incapable of understanding and handling their own keys? Wow.
- knorker 4y agoPeople in rich countries can't either. Please review the HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I will not engage further.