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minus-squarebark [none/use name]hexbear17·4 years agoWhen your tech is incredibly wasteful, slow, can't scale and serves basically no real purpose then maybe you should just stop instead of trying to fix it. Proof of stake or proof of work, it's still just the dumbest sort of capitalist excess. link
minus-squareCoralMarks [he/him]hexbear3·4 years agoThe thing is that you can't really shut it down because it is so decentralized. link
minus-squarebark [none/use name]hexbear3·4 years agoSo centralize it. Dump NSA resources in until you have control of the network then destroy it. link
minus-squarebark [none/use name]hexbear3·4 years ago Again, the United States government benefits from the existence of cryptocurrency Which is why they allow it to exist. I'm saying the idea that it's safe or independent is a pipe dream. link
minus-squaresnackage [he/him]hexbear3·4 years agobtc and blockchain are solutions in search of a problem (that probably doesn't exist) link
minus-squaresnackage [he/him]hexbear4·4 years agoThat's a false analogy. Crypto is like if you took the first nuclear reactor and started building powerplants based on its design. link
When your tech is incredibly wasteful, slow, can't scale and serves basically no real purpose then maybe you should just stop instead of trying to fix it.
Proof of stake or proof of work, it's still just the dumbest sort of capitalist excess.
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The thing is that you can't really shut it down because it is so decentralized.
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So centralize it.
Dump NSA resources in until you have control of the network then destroy it.
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Which is why they allow it to exist.
I'm saying the idea that it's safe or independent is a pipe dream.
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btc and blockchain are solutions in search of a problem (that probably doesn't exist)
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That's a false analogy. Crypto is like if you took the first nuclear reactor and started building powerplants based on its design.
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