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by space_rock 5y ago
Their growth was reasonably organic if you were following the popularity of exchanges
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by space_rock 5y ago
By interesting I assume you mean a scam since I've never seen anything technically interesting from a token sale
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by space_rock 5y ago
But here the VCs are the criminals and the predators not the victim of the scam. VCs are more sophisticated to avoid being the victim
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by space_rock 5y ago
Yes fraud is possible with credit cards. You correctly left out Bitcoin. As fraudulent payments are not possible with Bitcoin
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by space_rock 5y ago
This article is incoherent. Say what you like about Bitcoin but fraudulent payments are not possible. And yes Gabe is right that people in crypto are criminals running scam projects
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by space_rock 5y ago
Yep. It comes down to information asymmetry. Harder to trick and scam accredited investors Most token sales make good money with very low effort scams
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by space_rock 5y ago
Is there a cryptocurrency token sale that's not designed to defraud the buyers?
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by space_rock 5y ago
Not going to work. True blockchains have their coins pre distributed to VC at a discount. This open money system can't work without insiders
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by space_rock 5y ago
Freezing bank accounts is an ugly overreach. Going to give sympathy to the protesters
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by space_rock 5y ago
Yep. The pseudoscience tech is the sales pitch and the token sales is the motivation for all "crypto" digit tokens
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by space_rock 5y ago
Most people don't understand this stuff so they'll take it at face value even though it's likely a scam
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by space_rock 5y ago
Google translate I've used myself to test my pronunciation when learning a language. Seems to be a good test. Native speakers pass and poor pronunciation fails.
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by space_rock 5y ago
Reading the author tweet he comes across as silly. Not surprised at the negative reactions. I don't like the Tesla update but a Tesla UI is a huge improvement over other vehicles New UI is not good compared to the old one. But I'd
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by space_rock 5y ago
100% I have this problem every time and looks like the new UI will be worse. They could detect the driver from the weight
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by space_rock 5y ago
Travel. People think traveling is escapist and not helpful. This I don't believe. Yes you'll drag all your problems with you but now you have no excuses and you'll have to fix them. But you'll have a fresh perspective on
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by space_rock 5y ago
Why? It's a waste of money and not economically efficient
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by space_rock 5y ago
I think you replied to the wrong comment. Mind was about a poor country wasting govt money on populist subsidies It's possible to use coal for power without subsidies (coal is cheap) and bonus it's even more economically efficient
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by space_rock 5y ago
Fantastic news would be getting rid of the coal subsidy not this meaningless theater
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by space_rock 5y ago
Both subsidizing dirty coal and using it to mine bitcoin both sound criminal to me. Subsidizing coal is the most evil while mining bitcoin with it is a meaningless act that's fun to dislike
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by space_rock 5y ago
They need a working theory for how this PoS will work first. Wishful thinking and handwaving does not equal theory. PoW is the only tech that has solved the problem so far. Many things were tried before bitcoin with no results
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by space_rock 5y ago
Ethereum uses pow. Their pos mechanism doesn't work and is a perpetual coming soon promise
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by space_rock 5y ago
Yes. How dare you be a victim of a crime
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by space_rock 5y ago
Why? Is there evidence that were in on the criminal conspiracy? All I've heard it they were victims of it
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by space_rock 5y ago
Then who's the market? If you are not in the business of selling tokens to suckers or gamblers then you don't have a business
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by space_rock 5y ago
An idea that's been done many times already. Turns out 99% of these projects are scams used to sell tokens to suckers. If you're not in bed with the scammers you are the mark
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by space_rock 5y ago
Someone has never used Rust
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by space_rock 5y ago
So now we can't trust our photos to be fake? Let's get rid of the ML. Optional post processing only. This is why an iPhone photo won't be able to be used in court
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by space_rock 5y ago
One perspective to consider is the length of these restrictions. Other countries have had years of lockdowns and restrictions. New Zealanders were going to concerts while the world was in lockdown. Even if New Zealand's restrictions ha
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by space_rock 5y ago
Actually the domestic restrictions on people in NZ have been much less than other countries. They got negative press for proactive restrictions on an exponentially spreading virus. Lockdown after 1 detection
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by space_rock 5y ago
Well it resulted in one of the lowest restrictions on people in any country besides international travel. Giving people freedom to meet people and work is good

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