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Also news flash to folks in these threads, the rest of the world is pretty much on board with crypto and making pretty big advancements. Whether people like it

Also news flash to folks in these threads, the rest of the world is pretty much on board with crypto and making pretty big advancements. Whether people like it or not, this is here and it's staying (by definition you can't shut down things like Bitcoin). We either catch up as a country and allow innovation or we lost a pretty big future position.

pavlov 4y ago
LOL. It’s totally fine to miss out on the latest wave in Ponzi innovation. The “rest of the world” is certainly not on board with crypto. China and India are blocking large parts of it. EU has new legislation in the pipeline. Even the Bahamas don’t seem quite as excited about crypto as they used to be…
- ESTheComposer 4y ago
  Yeah yeah, I've heard this before (internet anyone?). EU does have new legislation which is great, it's something the US should have. China has been some activities but promoted others, and India has a corrupt banking system where you have to bribe officials to even get a license for anything, so not sure why you think that's a good example. There are also many other European, Middle Eastern, African, and South American countries embracing and promoting crypto as a new payment system for various reasons. The fact that you think it's just a ponzi shows how close minded you are and tbh not worth "debating" with.
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- ESTheComposer 4y ago
  Also the irony here I think for you specifically is Finland is one of the most crypto friendly countries in the EU lmao
  - pavlov 4y ago
    I don’t see anyone in Finland paying for coffee with crypto. Or paying their employees. Or paying their mortgage. Or raising money for their company. You know, any of the many things that happen every day in the actual financial system; the things that make an actual economy work and produce wealth and wellbeing. So what does crypto actually do, if it’s not used for anything productive even in the most crypto-friendly countries? The best that its proponents can offer seems to be “one day it could do X” and variations on “it will work when everybody does it right”, a position oddly similar to true believers in Communism. Many years ago I used to be quite positive about crypto. Smart contracts sounded clever and useful. The more I looked at the technology and the people involved, the more obvious it became that it’s fundamentally deficient and controlled by scammers. Crypto has had many, many chances to prove itself, and as far as I’m concerned, it failed at everything and doesn’t deserve yet another chance.
  - vitehozonage 4y ago
    How so? The KYC/AML attitude and invasive banks seem to make it basically impossible to function a business. Can't even use a cryptocurrency ATM without identifying yourself through a Finnish bank account and being a long-term resident, making them useless for travelers. Localbitcoins was originally one of the biggest services and it was destroyed by Finnish regulations: a "local" p2p trading service that hilariously banned people from even using cash because of the hostile Finnish environment
fbdab103 4y ago
>by definition you can't shut down things like Bitcoin) Tomorrow, the US government could declare that no US company can do business with Bitcoin or enable someone to do business. Effectively declare sanctions (similar to North Korea) against the entire ecosystem.
- jcampbell1 4y ago
  King Biden can do this without due process?
  - nukeman 4y ago
    The courts have traditionally been very deferential to national security-based arguments. Whether you agree or not (I’m mixed), that’s the situation on the ground.
    - jcampbell1 4y ago
      The Supreme Court has gotten way more libertarian recently.
- lowkey 4y ago
  Famously, the US banned alcohol and drugs and some states even banned homosexuality. In none of those cases did it work out as intended. The only meaningful outcome was the destruction of individual liberties. Hmm, maybe that was the real goal all along.
lottin 4y ago
Nobody is on board with crypto. And while governments can't shut it down, they can strongly discourage people from putting money into it, by simply enforcing existing regulations, which is what I think governments will start to do now.
chx 4y ago
> the rest of the world is pretty much on board with crypto and making pretty big advancements. https://www.reuters.com/technology/visa-mastercard-pause-crypto-push-wake-industry-meltdown-sources-2023-02-28/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/visa-mastercard-pause-cry... "Visa, Mastercard pause crypto push in wake of industry meltdown" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/28/facebook-cryptocurrency-diem/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/28/faceboo... "The social media giant’s shuttering of the Diem project " https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/03/13/meta-will-end-support-for-nfts-on-instagram-facebook/ https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/03/13/meta-will-end-suppo... "Web3 Meta Will End Support for NFTs on Instagram, Facebook" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/13/el-salvadors-bitcoin-holdings-down-60percent-to-60-million-one-year-later.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/13/el-salvadors-bitcoin-holding... "El Salvador has lost around $60 million on its bitcoin bet one year into a nationwide crypto experiment. The use of bitcoin in El Salvador appears to be low amid the market volatility." Want more?
- ESTheComposer 4y ago
  I too can cherry pick: https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/03/24/amazons-nft-plans-teased-in-a-receipt-mailed-friday-afternoon/ https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/03/24/amazons-nft-plans-t... https://www.cryptonewsz.com/what-the-recent-news-of-xrp-means-for-avorak-ai/ https://www.cryptonewsz.com/what-the-recent-news-of-xrp-mean... https://gagarin.news/news/blockchain-games-dominate-the-market-outpacing-defi-by-2x/ https://gagarin.news/news/blockchain-games-dominate-the-mark... https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/24/el-salvador-president-nayib-bukele-to-introduce-bill-eliminating-taxes-on-technology-innovations/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/24/el-salvador-presi... https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/19/evolution-crypto-web3-in-the-arab-world/ https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/19/evolution-crypto-web3-...
  - chx 4y ago
    Alright, let's see, what's the easiest to engage with in this , games. https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/blockchain-gaming-market-167926225.html https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/blockchain-... > The global Blockchain Gaming Market size in terms of revenue was estimated to be worth USD 4.6 billion in 2022 https://www.statista.com/outlook/dmo/digital-media/video-games/worldwide https://www.statista.com/outlook/dmo/digital-media/video-gam... > Revenue in the Video Games segment is projected to reach US$372.00bn in 2023. So that's about one percent of the market. And the growth trajectory is not at all clear to me. https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/can-p2e-gaming-grind-away-market-share-from-mainstream-games/ https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/can-p2e-gaming-grind-away... > In its 2021 annual report, The Blockchain Game Alliance says that NFT games generated $2.32 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2021,
unicornmama 4y ago
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yashg 4y ago
What world are you living in my friend? I can speak for India, definitely. Crypto is treated like gambling, it has been brought under anti money laundering laws. The biggest sporting league in the country has banned any crypto association and advertising. It is just a decentralised ponzi. The sooner it fades away from mainstream discourse, the better. It will live on in the fringes of the internet for habitual gamblers to continue to bet on.

pavlov 4y ago

LOL. It’s totally fine to miss out on the latest wave in Ponzi innovation. The “rest of the world” is certainly not on board with crypto. China and India are blocking large parts of it. EU has new legislation in the pipeline. Even the Bahamas don’t seem quite as excited about crypto as they used to be…

ESTheComposer 4y ago
Yeah yeah, I've heard this before (internet anyone?). EU does have new legislation which is great, it's something the US should have. China has been some activities but promoted others, and India has a corrupt banking system where you have to bribe officials to even get a license for anything, so not sure why you think that's a good example. There are also many other European, Middle Eastern, African, and South American countries embracing and promoting crypto as a new payment system for various reasons. The fact that you think it's just a ponzi shows how close minded you are and tbh not worth "debating" with.
- deleted 4y ago
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ESTheComposer 4y ago
Also the irony here I think for you specifically is Finland is one of the most crypto friendly countries in the EU lmao
- pavlov 4y ago
  I don’t see anyone in Finland paying for coffee with crypto. Or paying their employees. Or paying their mortgage. Or raising money for their company. You know, any of the many things that happen every day in the actual financial system; the things that make an actual economy work and produce wealth and wellbeing. So what does crypto actually do, if it’s not used for anything productive even in the most crypto-friendly countries? The best that its proponents can offer seems to be “one day it could do X” and variations on “it will work when everybody does it right”, a position oddly similar to true believers in Communism. Many years ago I used to be quite positive about crypto. Smart contracts sounded clever and useful. The more I looked at the technology and the people involved, the more obvious it became that it’s fundamentally deficient and controlled by scammers. Crypto has had many, many chances to prove itself, and as far as I’m concerned, it failed at everything and doesn’t deserve yet another chance.
- vitehozonage 4y ago
  How so? The KYC/AML attitude and invasive banks seem to make it basically impossible to function a business. Can't even use a cryptocurrency ATM without identifying yourself through a Finnish bank account and being a long-term resident, making them useless for travelers. Localbitcoins was originally one of the biggest services and it was destroyed by Finnish regulations: a "local" p2p trading service that hilariously banned people from even using cash because of the hostile Finnish environment

fbdab103 4y ago

>by definition you can't shut down things like Bitcoin) Tomorrow, the US government could declare that no US company can do business with Bitcoin or enable someone to do business. Effectively declare sanctions (similar to North Korea) against the entire ecosystem.

jcampbell1 4y ago
King Biden can do this without due process?
- nukeman 4y ago
  The courts have traditionally been very deferential to national security-based arguments. Whether you agree or not (I’m mixed), that’s the situation on the ground.
  - jcampbell1 4y ago
    The Supreme Court has gotten way more libertarian recently.
lowkey 4y ago
Famously, the US banned alcohol and drugs and some states even banned homosexuality. In none of those cases did it work out as intended. The only meaningful outcome was the destruction of individual liberties. Hmm, maybe that was the real goal all along.

lottin 4y ago

Nobody is on board with crypto. And while governments can't shut it down, they can strongly discourage people from putting money into it, by simply enforcing existing regulations, which is what I think governments will start to do now.

chx 4y ago

> the rest of the world is pretty much on board with crypto and making pretty big advancements. https://www.reuters.com/technology/visa-mastercard-pause-crypto-push-wake-industry-meltdown-sources-2023-02-28/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/visa-mastercard-pause-cry... "Visa, Mastercard pause crypto push in wake of industry meltdown" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/28/facebook-cryptocurrency-diem/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/28/faceboo... "The social media giant’s shuttering of the Diem project " https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/03/13/meta-will-end-support-for-nfts-on-instagram-facebook/ https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/03/13/meta-will-end-suppo... "Web3 Meta Will End Support for NFTs on Instagram, Facebook" https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/13/el-salvadors-bitcoin-holdings-down-60percent-to-60-million-one-year-later.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/13/el-salvadors-bitcoin-holding... "El Salvador has lost around $60 million on its bitcoin bet one year into a nationwide crypto experiment. The use of bitcoin in El Salvador appears to be low amid the market volatility." Want more?

ESTheComposer 4y ago
I too can cherry pick: https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/03/24/amazons-nft-plans-teased-in-a-receipt-mailed-friday-afternoon/ https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/03/24/amazons-nft-plans-t... https://www.cryptonewsz.com/what-the-recent-news-of-xrp-means-for-avorak-ai/ https://www.cryptonewsz.com/what-the-recent-news-of-xrp-mean... https://gagarin.news/news/blockchain-games-dominate-the-market-outpacing-defi-by-2x/ https://gagarin.news/news/blockchain-games-dominate-the-mark... https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/24/el-salvador-president-nayib-bukele-to-introduce-bill-eliminating-taxes-on-technology-innovations/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/24/el-salvador-presi... https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/19/evolution-crypto-web3-in-the-arab-world/ https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/19/evolution-crypto-web3-...
- chx 4y ago
  Alright, let's see, what's the easiest to engage with in this , games. https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/blockchain-gaming-market-167926225.html https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/blockchain-... > The global Blockchain Gaming Market size in terms of revenue was estimated to be worth USD 4.6 billion in 2022 https://www.statista.com/outlook/dmo/digital-media/video-games/worldwide https://www.statista.com/outlook/dmo/digital-media/video-gam... > Revenue in the Video Games segment is projected to reach US$372.00bn in 2023. So that's about one percent of the market. And the growth trajectory is not at all clear to me. https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/can-p2e-gaming-grind-away-market-share-from-mainstream-games/ https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/can-p2e-gaming-grind-away... > In its 2021 annual report, The Blockchain Game Alliance says that NFT games generated $2.32 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2021,

unicornmama 4y ago

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yashg 4y ago

What world are you living in my friend? I can speak for India, definitely. Crypto is treated like gambling, it has been brought under anti money laundering laws. The biggest sporting league in the country has banned any crypto association and advertising. It is just a decentralised ponzi. The sooner it fades away from mainstream discourse, the better. It will live on in the fringes of the internet for habitual gamblers to continue to bet on.