We have the most sophisticated and educated trolls, don't we folks?
And if people stopped eating they would never get food poisoning
Either way it's not a solution, just starvation
If that blind person had been screaming at me that I'm a Nazi for valuing my own autonomy, wouldn't care
Is she not an attorney? Seriously asking
Let me clarify: I see Bitcoin specifically as a collectible
I think I said a few times I'm heavy into Eth, don't hold much BTC because it, more than others is (this is to my mind, yours is different and that's cool) collectible.
I've been into doge (seriously) since like 2014. The coin of the people.
I really believe in blockchain/crypto as a vector to obsolete most of government. I mean that.
I hope you don't see my views on this as standoffish, at least towards you, I just see most high market cap crypto as a tool not so much against the cabal types, but as another vector to loosen their grip on power.
What part is inconsistent?
I'm not trying to fuck with you, I'm just saying I (me) am serious about crypto (again I'm in Eth most heavily), and most of the establishment types I know (granted they're pretty old) shit on crypto, though one did say some nice things about Trump the other day, almost choked on my drink lol.
I'm not shilling anything, USD is the Ponzi scheme. What would I be shilling for? Pumping the 2 trillion dollar crypto market on a tiny fringe site with a few thousand users? Think logically lol
Was MSM and the whole country waking up to the lab origin of the virus not big enough news?
What kind of person is the most affected by finding out that news? Certainly not the people around here. Gotta wake up the people who couldn't wait to get the jab. Some are starting to wonder what other lies they're believing. I've seen some hard blue people starting to nibble little crumbles of redpill.
Pretty sure they could just assassinate him and skip all the extra bullshit steps if they were determined enough
Some of our "enemies" are actors too, remember that. The true enemies don't appear on TV much
lol the national review isn't MSM
Does anyone even breathe before they post? Like 99% of Q folks are ADHD I swear. Which is also kinda awesome because ADHD is just the clinical term for cowboy-itis.
Now quickly fetch some toy soldiers and firecrackers I'm all out of Adderall
I don't need it to differentiate itself from other currency, it's a collectable in my mind. Might be something different to you, that's cool too.
"What is to stop the same sociopaths from making you give your life and your soul for a few bitcoins?" lol I guess nothing? Who cares? What's to stop them from giving you gold? It's just easier for them to give you USD since they print it ad infinitum and hand it to banks.
Nothing is stopping me, I don't care either way. Rich is fine, not rich, I'm indifferent, I have the resources I need for a while even if everything collapses tomorrow. I'm moderately indifferent, but probably because I grew up with so much, my perception is likely really skewed. They'll still be sociopaths whether or not I'm a farmer or a floor trader.
"Bitcoin is the currency of human trafficking," ok boomer. You sound like the Washington Post or the FBI.
Where's your source for that? Why would they use bitcoin? So everyone can log on to blockchain explorer and see the transactions from the comfort of home?
Serious question: you think that human trafficking JUST started in 2009? How were they paying for it before then? Were they just sending 100,000BTC transactions in the beginning when BTC was worthless and suckering any amateur with a video card into validating their transactions?
And even if it's true and it's the sole currency for human trafficking, what's the currency for all the bombs dropped all over the world? Or the kickbacks to foreign agents? Or pallets of currency to Iran in the dead of night? Or payrolls for deep state agents? Subprime mortgage bailouts? Crack deals? Nearly every criminal act involving money for the past century? It's almost entirely USD.
This is the kind of shit MSM says all the time, the FUD that crypto is only for criminal actions. They just want everyone on USD to reinforce their power. Think about it. It wasn't until BTC got to like $25k that anyone in the mainstream took it seriously, then they couldn't ignore it anymore.
Fun side note: the same asshole that always said that Trump would crash the economy were he elected still HATES Bitcoin, and I assure you, he's one of them: https://www.investopedia.com/news/what-paul-krugmans-problem-bitcoin/
Because of Fauci's gain of function research?
lol in before MSM tries to spin this turd into a lovely vase
I view Bitcoin as a collectable, which helps, it just happens to be a somewhat liquid/transferrable collectable
The notion of value is rarely derived from the utility of a collectible (eg what is the utility of a baseball/pokemon card?), and is almost entirely perception. Why is an original painting worth more than a lithograph despite having the same utility? Because of how it makes you feel when someone tells you it's an original?
Bitcoin happens to be a collectible with the utility of somewhat easy value store and transfer of value, and, critically, the utility of blockchain validation of authenticity. Suppose original paintings all came with a way to cryptographically and verifysbly validate their authenticity constantly in real time.
I know this is arguably more applicable to NFTs, but it's how I've viewed it for a while and since I grew up in a world that basically ran on paper that s bunch of sociopaths make you literally give years of your life and pieces of your soul for (that costs them literally nothing to make/destroy), how could something like Bitcoin not be seen as a rational supplement or alternative to that absolute madness.
It's late and this is probably disjointed, but most value is derived from perception of value, which, to your point, is a liability, though less so than other collectibles/asset classes in my opinion. Crypto has utility and perception.
I’m a geologist by education, a computer engineer by trade and grew up in a family of “accredited investors” (which is kinda a cringey thing to say, admittedly). I grew up in establishment circles, really. Saying that probably makes me less trustworthy on this, but everyone in these circles seems to shit on crypto.
I’m heavy into Eth full disclosure.
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51% attacks now are resource-prohibitive. Look at the power/resource requirements. Plus it would just be mitigated retroactively.
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Anonymity - who cares? Probably less anonymous than cash still
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Scarcity - lol what? If the market floods with “millions of bitcoins” just buy more because they’re still by definition scarce
I don’t like ad hominem but these are seriously too weak to really dignify and while I’m glad you have crypto, if these are your reasons for skepticism, respectfully, I’m not sure you understand the value of what you do have or how any of this works. I promise I’m not trying to be mean, that’s just what it seems like because these really aren’t compelling points.
What in the hell is going on around here? Like a bunch of luddite boomers who just dogpile the second one person with a cursory [mis]understanding of something voices the first slippery slope fallacy on a new topic.
Are you seriously advocating for more regulation?
Why are people shitting on what is very clearly part of the plan? Because Trump once expressed skepticism on Bitcoin?
Blockchain is clearly the greatest transparency tool yet conceived, imagine if you applied distributed ledgers to voting for instance.
The anti-crypto sentiment around here is mind-boggling and asinine. What else should we do? Buy gold despite the history of confiscation and extreme price manipulation?
Fair enough, these people are generally dicks. It's exhausting, but things like this video help our cause IMO, regardless of the tone, because they introduce the idea of "what you see might not be how it is, also we don't know shit yet and the best is yet to come."
Also, I really appreciate you and this community for not flipping the f out when someone presents a differing take. You have my respect ?
Not really, actually no not at all, the bias is implied, but he's talking about a physics experiment with extraordinary results, not theology, miracles or ancient texts
^^ also your comment feels like 'our' equivalent of virtue signaling/taking offense from feelings-unrelated discussion
lol this is actually kinda brilliant and one of the few trans acceptance movements I can (proverbially) get behind
"On January 9th, 2021, I liquidated my crypto position for USD. In the process, I locked in a dollar-denominated gain that — in the interest of full disclosure — I can only describe as life-changing."
Brilliant stuff, he sold at 32k and is now losing (conservatively, marginally) 7-10%/year with his cash
So to be clear, trading something increasingly scarce for something increasingly infinite/worthless and thinking it was the right move means you're a dipshit.
Crypto is about the most overt, transparent and rational response to damn near every 'conspiracy theory' we've ever had
They do this almost every quarter like clockwork, more than most companies
Go to finviz and look at the "top insider trading" and it shows all the SEC Form 4
This is nothing new
No crash is coming, markets go up and down, rigged as they may be, but they lie less than people think. I hear a lot of "Patriots in control" in one breath and essentially "the Patriots in control will ensure we all retire penniless but we will starve in freedom!" in another and it's sensational and not well-reasoned.
Right near the Nazi sled
Joking aside, clean up that 911! Looks like a nice example ?
Washington examiner is actually pretty based usually
Become less gullible
Is any of it not?
Almost everyone will have a gun, nobody is getting rounded up