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I agree with you. Here is my guess. Part of it is invested interests. These parties want it to succeed so they profit and many have show themselves to be bad a

I agree with you. Here is my guess. Part of it is invested interests. These parties want it to succeed so they profit and many have show themselves to be bad actors. The other part is it got partially entangled with the US culture war, which bleeds into other countries, so support or rejection of cryptocurrencies shows which side you are on (it's not 100% true but I think there are trends).

chii 3y ago
or some people object to the amount of energy expended on it, which contributes to worsening climate change, from which they derive no benefit.
- LatteLazy 3y ago
  That would be fine if they also objected to computer games or reddit or TV for the same reason. But wasting energy is only an issue when it's crypto?! That is where I get confused. Equally I don't actually think Crypto will cure cancer any time soon...
  - coldtea 3y ago
    >That would be fine if they also objected to computer games or reddit or TV for the same reason Many do. But those don't even come close to BTC for the benefit/energy waste ratio...