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by gge 6y ago
"im not wrong, its the market thats wrong"
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by gge 6y ago
Defi does bring more value to Bitcoin since BTC can be put to use in defi protocols. Bitcoin is mainly rising for the first reason though, the growth in defi isn't the main driver.
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by gge 6y ago
This time could end up being a bubble, but it is very different for many reasons. The first is that Bitcoin is thriving as a store of value. It hasn't seen much adoption as a payments system and is unlikely to do so in the future, but
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The biggest haters on Elon Musk's Tesla Bitcoin buy are his fellow techies(businessofbusiness.com)
4 points by gge 6y ago|0 comments
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by gge 6y ago
Only people in the middle of the IQ spectrum fall for the Tether psyops. HFSP.
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by gge 6y ago
Bitcoin bears in the comments here can have fun staying poor.
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by gge 6y ago
I'm late to this thread, but this is incorrect. Flash loans are used for many things other than arbitrage/attacks. 2 examples include the ability to swap collateral/debt and the ability to migrate assets between defi protocol
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by gge 6y ago
Ethereum hands down. Cardano is a shitcoin. Polkadot can't be compared to the other 2 since it isn't exactly a smart contract platform like Ethereum is, its more of a "blockchain of blockchains". Think of it like a platf
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by gge 6y ago
> The US Treasury should enforce 100% reserve requirements on all USD-pegged crypto stablecoins, with mandatory audits. Lmao. Have you heard of decentralised stablecoins? There are many types of decentralised stablecoins such as overcoll
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by gge 6y ago
> Bob: Leverage. I personally only use 2–3X leverage, but they let you leverage your positions up to 100X if you want. You can’t do that on Coinbase. > Me: Gasps audibly Hahahaha Binance offers 125x leverage. Imagine thinking $20B o
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by gge 6y ago
No. BTC is a store of value.
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by gge 6y ago
Holding BTC is a use case.
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by gge 6y ago
This comment explains it perfectly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24310174 > It's a sentiment that gets expressed under most every blockchain-related submission on HN, and I wonder why. > Maybe it's s
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by gge 6y ago
Also Chainlink isn't in the smart contract space, its in the decentralised oracle space. Polkadot is more of a "blockchain of blockchains" rather than an Ethereum competitor. Cardano is a smart contract platform like Ethereum
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by gge 6y ago
Lol. Good luck with that. No evidence that any of this Tether stuff will bring the Bitcoin price down.
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by gge 6y ago
Wrong. You haven't done any research, defi apps on Ethereum have grown a lot in usage in 2020: https://defipulse.com/
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by gge 6y ago
Yes, have u not been paying attention in 2020? Defi apps on Ethereum have grown a lot and now have tons of usage: https://defipulse.com/
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by gge 6y ago
For reference, the all time high in the 2017 peak was $19.8K.
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Bitcoin hits all time highs of $27.7K USD(coingecko.com)
7 points by gge 6y ago|2 comments
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by gge 6y ago
Check out defi, insane amount of innovation has been happening with defi protocols on Ethereum. I use defi protocols like Aave every day.
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by gge 6y ago
I use it everyday. I mainly use defi apps like Aave, Uniswap. I also use Ren and Curve quite often.
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by gge 6y ago
LOL.
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by gge 6y ago
Twitter is also good for crypto discussion.
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by gge 6y ago
If thats what they choose to work on, they probably weren't the best minds ;)
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by gge 6y ago
What are the 1-2 books that are constantly recommended here?
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Frosh year online (2020 and 2021) [pdf](fisherp.scripts.mit.edu)
2 points by gge 6y ago|0 comments
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Thoughts on Flash – Steve Jobs (2010)(apple.com)
1 points by gge 6y ago|0 comments
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by gge 6y ago
Couldn't someone anonymously publish an emulator using this code à la Satoshi?
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by gge 6y ago
How high are your power costs?
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by gge 6y ago
If ActivityPub gains adoption, it will end up like email, where there are a few large central providers that 99% of the users use. A crypto based protocol will be the only way to achieve true censorship resistance and decentralization.

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