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It’s not about superiority, it’s about the pie in the sky claims made by crypto, none of which have demonstrably helped real world use cases at any scale. Even

• mandmandam 2y ago
  Each transaction uses a tenth the energy of a credit card, confirmed in milliseconds. It's decentralized. It's secure. Isn't controlled by a shadowy entity working to hoard wealth and power backed up by military threat. Etc. Why am I doing basic research for you? These aren't "pie in the sky" "claims", they are statements of fact that can be verified by trying it out yourself. I already linked the docs if you want to know how it works, what the upcoming milestones are, what work has already been done, etc. One example of a great use case is Nano-gpt(.com), where you can try the latest AI models straight away and pay by the question. The bottleneck here is your imagination.
  • yunohn 2y ago
    My point about the features you claim have to do with adoption and scale. You don’t need crypto to make a more efficient payment network. Regarding nano-gpt, that’s already a solved problem. Literally all API platforms support pay-as-you-go credits. I went to your link, and I loved the irony of them asking for a 0.10$ minimum deposit - note the complete lack of crypto rates. That is par for the course for crypto apps, nobody cares what the coin conversion is - it’s just a gimmick.
    • Terr_ 2y ago
      > nobody cares what the coin conversion is TBF, that particular data-point tends to have a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" extrapolation, ex: 1. "If sellers only care about what regular currency it can be turned into, that means it has failed as a currency because it's just an intermediate payment scheme." 2. "If sellers don't care about what regular currency it can become, that probably means it has failed as a currency because it's really just a speculative-bubble asset."
      • yunohn 2y ago
        Sure, but it’s really easy to list both - even that almost never happens.