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PayPal never had the speculation appeal! PayPal, Venmo, Dwolla, Stripe, Balanced, Ribbon, Square, and others are all great services. They change the world in di
by kolev 13y ago
PayPal never had the speculation appeal! PayPal, Venmo, Dwolla, Stripe, Balanced, Ribbon, Square, and others are all great services. They change the world in different ways - I buy with credit cards at Farmers Markets now, Stripe saved endless developer hours simplifying integration, Dwolla offers even lower than Bitcoin cost for accepting payments, etc. Bitcoin fans should learn from Elon Musk - the guy is a genius and, yet, he is a lot more humble than the average satoshi hoarder with a quarter of a Bitcoin waiting for the price to hit $1M apiece!
The technology never matters as much as the community! The Internet was created by nerds, not speculators!
- olalonde 13y agoYour comment is obviously emotionally charged. I agree that the satoshi hoarders can be extremely annoying at times but I maintain that you should distance your opinion of the technology from the community. In fact, the Bitcoin community has been dilluting over time as it gains in popularity and it's getting harder and harder to meaningfuly talk of a Bitcoin community.
- kolev 13y agoRipple is a better piece of technology, but because it lacks the "get rich quick" appeal, it's not nearly as popular. Dogecoin has a much more positive community than Bitcoin!
- makomk 13y agoThe other problem with Ripple is that it is set up as a "get rich quick" scheme, but only for the founders. In order to carry out transactions you need XRP, they're the only ones who can sell you more XRP, and they have the ability to change how much XRP every transaction costs at any time.