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> > crypto is absolutely massive for avoiding capital controls in countries with inflation Inflation hedge means mantaining parity against a weighted basket of

> > crypto is absolutely massive for avoiding capital controls in countries with inflation Inflation hedge means mantaining parity against a weighted basket of stable currencies such as USD/EUR/CHF/JPY. Maybe gold? Bitcoin didn't mantain parity at all, it's up some 20,000% since 2013 and +∞ since its inception. So crypto failed as inflation hedge too, because the world of finance is very specific, you can't say 'this asset is an inflation hedge' and then it's up 20,000% It also failed as a tool for capital controls and tax evasion because if you do that sort of things you don't want publicity...what happened is that crypto-bros and crypto-enthusiast went on to scream off the top of their lungs and it resulted in the death of the largest capital control avoidance use case: getting money out of China. Nobody uses Crypto for getting money out of China anymore.

whimsicalism 3y ago
> Bitcoin didn't mantain parity at all, it's up some 20,000% since 2013 and +∞ since its inception. Dai and other stablecoins maintain parity and are what is mostly used. > It also failed as a tool for capital controls and tax evasion because if you do that sort of things you don't want publicity...what happened is that crypto-bros and crypto-enthusiast went on to scream off the top of their lungs and it resulted in the death of the largest capital control avoidance use case: getting money out of China. I don't know what to tell you, these are heavily used behind-the-scenes in the dollar black market in places like Argentina, etc. > Nobody uses Crypto for getting money out of China anymore. Yeah, the informal economy is not actually very large in China, it's not a good example.
- JumpinJack_Cash 3y ago
  > > Dai and other stablecoins maintain parity and are what is mostly used. Dai and stablecoins are currencies issued by private companies, if the private company sponsoring it were to disappear, the decentralized and federated (or whatever) community won't be able to support such a huge undertaking. Besides the whole thing is pointless because whatever authority or control system you are evading with crypto sooner or later you'd have to come back into it, because nobody sells food, water, shelter, houses for crypto. Nor bitcoin nor stablecoins. Actually it's worse because the authorities will be waiting for you at on and off ramps.
  - whimsicalism 3y ago
    Wrong from the jump about Dai, and I don't think you know about how black market cash economies work - there are plenty of informal economy places you can exchange local currency for dollar, dollar for crypto, etc.

whimsicalism 3y ago

> Bitcoin didn't mantain parity at all, it's up some 20,000% since 2013 and +∞ since its inception. Dai and other stablecoins maintain parity and are what is mostly used. > It also failed as a tool for capital controls and tax evasion because if you do that sort of things you don't want publicity...what happened is that crypto-bros and crypto-enthusiast went on to scream off the top of their lungs and it resulted in the death of the largest capital control avoidance use case: getting money out of China. I don't know what to tell you, these are heavily used behind-the-scenes in the dollar black market in places like Argentina, etc. > Nobody uses Crypto for getting money out of China anymore. Yeah, the informal economy is not actually very large in China, it's not a good example.

JumpinJack_Cash 3y ago
> > Dai and other stablecoins maintain parity and are what is mostly used. Dai and stablecoins are currencies issued by private companies, if the private company sponsoring it were to disappear, the decentralized and federated (or whatever) community won't be able to support such a huge undertaking. Besides the whole thing is pointless because whatever authority or control system you are evading with crypto sooner or later you'd have to come back into it, because nobody sells food, water, shelter, houses for crypto. Nor bitcoin nor stablecoins. Actually it's worse because the authorities will be waiting for you at on and off ramps.
- whimsicalism 3y ago
  Wrong from the jump about Dai, and I don't think you know about how black market cash economies work - there are plenty of informal economy places you can exchange local currency for dollar, dollar for crypto, etc.