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wintermoot 2 points ago +2 / -0

Imagine all these idiots trying to use PGP to communicate

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wintermoot 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yup, I'm going to jump through so many fucking tables.

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wintermoot 7 points ago +7 / -0

I grew up a fan of the Buffalo Bills. I will not feel good until the clock says 0:00.

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wintermoot 4 points ago +4 / -0

Catharsis is necessary. Douchebaggery is not.

I say this know that I'll likely engage in some douchebaggery with a few specific people.

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wintermoot 5 points ago +5 / -0

A lot of it is black pill which is being pushed by shills

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

Woosh.

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

What is digital text made of?

It's data with a unique identity.

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

I like that too but it'd be better if bitcoin weren't completely kneecapped. Having to convert is a pain when bitcoin's transaction fees are insane, and ethereum occasionally has the same issue. The one that I trust (XMR) doesn't have enough adoption at present. Honestly, I just want everyone to accept Doge until then.

That scaling debate is how I learned to spot shills and astroturfing, then the 2016 election tactics were very familiar.

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

<3 another person who understands the great scaling debate and how Bitcoin's vision died.

I'll throw my hat into the Monero ring, it's the most important project of all and the closest thing to actual digital cash that exists.

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

Cash is a platform for illicit use too.

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

In bitcoins? No.

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

You have a tool to track transactions too. They're public. Edit: here you go - https://www.blockchain.com/explorer

There are companies that specialize in tracking them in depth, and they can likely even track them through "mixers", which basically is you sending bitcoin into a large pot of coins and on the other side you get bits of coins from all over the place which supposedly hides your identity. It has ALWAYS been possible to fully track this, it's just a big pain in the ass and probably pretty expensive. That's 'security through obscurity' which is really no security at all if someone cares enough to spend the resources to track you. What you want is mathematically sound security. Bitcoin is not at all what you want to be using if what you're doing needs to be private, it's literally a completely public blockchain.

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

This doesn't make any sense.

You can embed data into blockchains but you have no idea how cryptocurrencies work.

Bitcoin was the discovery of 'proof of work'' as a way to make a digital currency actually work. Previous digital currencies never solved the problem (Byzantine Generals problem).

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wintermoot 2 points ago +2 / -0

I also have that feeling... the dread of 'wtf is gonna happen' is being replaced by 'ohhhhhh shit we're in for it now'

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

Seems odd that a group of generally freedom-seeking people would shit on crypto.

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

It was in part meant to undermine conventional currency, which is corrupt.

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

meh I bought at 10, 20, and 37. Fine with whatever it does.

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

Crypto banks? Lol.

YOU are the bank.

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wintermoot 4 points ago +4 / -0

1 Doge = 1 Doge

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

The cost of that is outrageously high

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wintermoot 1 point ago +1 / -0

Bitcoin failed at that vision over 3 years ago. Other cryptos are where it's' at.

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