The most obvious stupid scam ever conceived and they actually managed to hook a bunch of actual corporations

Square Enix, Nickelodeon, Coke, KFC, and more fell for this shit while regular people were laughing about how obvious a con it was.

Really puts into question the capitalist myth of the genius entrepreneur and the idea that these corporate types are rich because they are smart or deserving in some way.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Most supposed use cases besides crime money involve needlessly spreading out a calculation (of a picture of a monkey or whatever) so many more computers have to verify the same calculation as a stupidly unnecessary waste of electricity that also dumps more carbon in the air. And the crime money also does that but dae le drugs amirite stop-posting-amogus

    • ennemi [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Man what the fuck am I doing on hexbear. Even the most inconsequential disagreements turn into this sort of bullshit, without fail

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        The sort of bullshit like pointing out that blockchain technology has a massive carbon footprint and drastically increases the electricity costs of whatever it ostensibly replaced?

        • ennemi [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          No that's pretty much on the money, but it's also a problem with proof-of-work consensus algorithms specifically

          I don't know I guess it's just exhausting how everybody has to have a crazy out-there opinion about every fucking thing in or outside their spheres of competence and just loads up that shit with twitter irony like it's free salad at a salad bar

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            bullshit

            crazy out-there opinion

            loads up that shit with twitter irony

            That isn't a generous reading of easily found and irrefutable information about the consequences of blockchain technology.

            • ennemi [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              Sure let me meaningfully engage with "dae le drugs amirite stop-posting-amogus"

              • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                1 year ago

                Yes, you can. Is there another use case outside of that? You may not like the way I phrased it, but it was a valid point, not "bullshit crazy out there opinion loaded with twitter irony" as you put it. If you can say your opinion that way I can certainly say mine my way.

                  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                    1 year ago

                    I don't think so. Not this time, anyway. If you really want to go to bat for blockchain bullshit, that might be cringe though.

                    • Teapot [he/him]
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                      1 year ago

                      I think you're right, you just need to chill

                      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                        Telling people "you need to chill" works like 5% of the time or less even when people need to chill. It's just hostile and obnoxious in context most of the time. It may feel good for you to say that, but that's all it is to me.

                          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                            1 year ago

                            At least there was some flavor to your version. All right, sure, as soon as the crypto peddler in this thread fucks off I'll take a little walk.

                            • ennemi [he/him]
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                              1 year ago

                              There is no crypto peddler in this thread

                              Get off the trampoline you are not landing those dunks

                              • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                                1 year ago

                                There is no crypto peddler anymore because that person's comments were removed by moderators.

                                Get off the trampoline because stanning for the crypto peddler makes your personal petty dunks at me kind of lonely and sad here.