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People are quietly just using crypto right now. I'm sorry if this conflicts with your worldview but trustless programmable currency divorced from the economic l
by idiotsecant 3y ago
People are quietly just using crypto right now. I'm sorry if this conflicts with your worldview but trustless programmable currency divorced from the economic levers and dials of world governments is a useful thing.
- youngNed 3y agoI can't see why it would conflict with their world view? - they gave 2 very good reasons why someone would want a "trustless programmable currency divorced from the economic levers and dials of world governments "
- chx 3y ago> trustless programmable currency divorced from the economic levers and dials of world governments https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/04/05/debunking-but-bitcoin-is-like-the-early-internet/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/04/05/debunking-bu... > Ordinary person: “Your weird Internet money sucks to use. It’s slow and expensive. I lost my coins by mistake and it can’t be fixed. If I get hacked it can’t be fixed either.” > Bitcoin advocate: “But everyone wants [list of ideological aims held only by weird people]! Everyone I know, anyway.”
- idiotsecant 3y agoCall me weird, I guess. But the fact remains that ledgers are open to anyone, one can easily see it being used.