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"Bitcoin's going up!" "The energy usage is criminally irresponsible." "ETH switched to proof of stake!" Lift those goalposts with your knees, you'll throw your

"Bitcoin's going up!" "The energy usage is criminally irresponsible." "ETH switched to proof of stake!" Lift those goalposts with your knees, you'll throw your back out. Absolutely the sort of not-at-all-tiresome behavior that makes nobody want to deal with the "community" around the latest grifts.

latchkey 3y ago
If energy usage is a goal post and people work to successfully resolve that issue (on a live production system, with zero downtime), then that seems like a positive outcome as well as a massive engineering feat that should be applauded. Leave it to HN commenters to find a way to shit on it. I'm also not selling anything, so no grift here. But, if I'm sitting on some increasingly valuable bitcoin (stored as WBTC on ETH) and I want to make a donation to a project that is hurting for funds, why should I take the tax burden hit on the capital gains from first converting it to fiat and then double taxation on the receiving end?
- eropple 3y ago
  > I'm also not selling anything, so no grift here. You're selling the mass conception that cryptoshit has value.
  - latchkey 3y ago
    You came back to a 3 day old comment, just to post that?
    - eropple 3y ago
      It was the top of my comment history, so I saw it, so I replied. The implication of clean hands was gross enough to merit pointing it out.
- _jal 3y ago
  > I want to make a donation to a project that is hurting for funds, why should I take the tax burden Then you don't want to donate. That's totally fine, don't. On the other hand, whining about other people's lack of desire to deal with shitcoin is tedious and not changing anyone's mind.
  - latchkey 3y ago
    "I no longer connect with the crowd here." Then why are you still here?
- lmm 3y ago
  Some other project having mitigated some of its energy usage does not make bitcoin any better. Even if you're holding it wrapped, your gains are still coming from that waste of energy.

latchkey 3y ago

If energy usage is a goal post and people work to successfully resolve that issue (on a live production system, with zero downtime), then that seems like a positive outcome as well as a massive engineering feat that should be applauded. Leave it to HN commenters to find a way to shit on it. I'm also not selling anything, so no grift here. But, if I'm sitting on some increasingly valuable bitcoin (stored as WBTC on ETH) and I want to make a donation to a project that is hurting for funds, why should I take the tax burden hit on the capital gains from first converting it to fiat and then double taxation on the receiving end?

eropple 3y ago
> I'm also not selling anything, so no grift here. You're selling the mass conception that cryptoshit has value.
- latchkey 3y ago
  You came back to a 3 day old comment, just to post that?
  - eropple 3y ago
    It was the top of my comment history, so I saw it, so I replied. The implication of clean hands was gross enough to merit pointing it out.
_jal 3y ago
> I want to make a donation to a project that is hurting for funds, why should I take the tax burden Then you don't want to donate. That's totally fine, don't. On the other hand, whining about other people's lack of desire to deal with shitcoin is tedious and not changing anyone's mind.
- latchkey 3y ago
  "I no longer connect with the crowd here." Then why are you still here?
lmm 3y ago
Some other project having mitigated some of its energy usage does not make bitcoin any better. Even if you're holding it wrapped, your gains are still coming from that waste of energy.