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@abucci Same. Bitcoin 🤮 (Any cryptocurrency really)
@abucci Same. Bitcoin 🤮 (Any cryptocurrency really)
@abucci @prologic I totally get it. I probably would have agreed with you not that long ago. I'm curious what your objections are.
@brasshopper Aside from the ridiculous hype of it all, the insane losses and harm to the economy, and the massive environmental disaster that is most crypto* -- My biggest gripe with it all, is simple this:
> I don't want the world to see my fucking transactions!!!
🤣 🤦♂️ 🙄 Right now my transactions are seen by my Bank, my Wife and myself. I also use a financial tool to track expenses and make decisions, etc. The simple mere fact that cryptocurrencies are based around the idea of a distributed network topology and a data structure designed to be in the open with algorithms that make it hard to tamper with, is well insane 😅 Good for things that _should_ be in the open and transparent, not good for things that should not be, like privacy 😅*
@brasshopper Aside from the ridiculous hype of it all, the insane losses and harm to the economy, and the massive environmental disaster that is most crypto* -- My biggest gripe with it all, is simple this:
> I don't want the world to see my fucking transactions!!!
🤣 🤦♂️ 🙄 Right now my transactions are seen by my Bank, my Wife and myself. I also use a financial tool to track expenses and make decisions, etc. The simple mere fact that cryptocurrencies are based around the idea of a distributed network topology and a data structure designed to be in the open with algorithms that make it hard to tamper with, is well insane 😅 Good for things that _should_ be in the open and transparent, not good for things that should not be, like privacy 😅*
@brasshopper No way, I'm not playing this game. Every time I raise an obvious objection to cryptocurrency, inevitably someone is like "give me your list of reasons for believing that." No, _you_ give me _your_ list of reasons for thinking that an environmental catastrophe of a Ponzi scheme has any place in modern civilization.
@abucci has a good point. I've also listed my reasons too, but I'd _really_ be quite interested in hearing your "pros for" cryptocurrencies 🤔 Kind of curious at this point what people still see in it? 🤔
@abucci has a good point. I've also listed my reasons too, but I'd _really_ be quite interested in hearing your "pros for" cryptocurrencies 🤔 Kind of curious at this point what people still see in it? 🤔
-1 for the negative on environment all that electricity uses. Still waiting on proof of stake.
It is also too overrun with Tech Bros scamming people to get rich quick.
It was a fun ride back when I first bought in. But I have since cached out for my lambos and such.
-1 for the negative on environment all that electricity uses. Still waiting on proof of stake.
It is also too overrun with Tech Bros scamming people to get rich quick.
It was a fun ride back when I first bought in. But I have since cached out for my lambos and such.
@xuu proof of stake = people with money get more money. It accelerates the wealth inequality problems that are already plaguing us. Crypto has even worse wealth inequality than fiat currency systems, which is 100% predictable.=
@xuu proof of stake = people with money get mote money. It accelerates the wealth inequality problems that are already plaguing us. Crypto has even worse wealth inequality than fiat currency systems, which is 100% predictable.=
@abucci @prologic I want to emphasize that I asked that question in good faith. I genuinely want to know what ya'll believe to be true. I don't know everything and maybe you know something that I don't. (In fact, I'd love to know why @prologic thinks there's been "harm to the economy", but we can save that for later.) I wanted to hear you *first* before I started spouting off about why I think _Bitcoin_ (excluding other crypto currencies) is a net good for society. But since ya'll asked, I'll list them in a fork of this twt. (Not gonna try to prove them off the bat. I'm just gonna list things I believe and we can discuss in forks for each one. In addition, I'm leaving room for the fact that writing these things out might lead me to realize that I'm wrong. I'm happy to admit that I'm wrong. I hope you can go in with the same attitude.)
I like the technology behind it but I won't buy because I don't understand the point of it, I think I don't like speculation on its principle. For the rest everybody does what they want if they are happy I will be happy.