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Joanofbark's avatar

Thanks for elucidating our servitude. Unfortunately our rulers can make crypto illegal with the stroke of a pen anytime they choose to.

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The Society of Problem Solvers's avatar

You mean like they did in China? What happened when they did that? It became the #1 place for Bitcoin trade and #2 for Bitcoin mining.

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Joanofbark's avatar

Wasn’t aware you worked for the Chinese.

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The Society of Problem Solvers's avatar

What? Derp.

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Duchess's avatar

I loved the idea of being free from constraints.

Keep going you guys.

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Michi Birk's avatar

🤍🧠

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Joe Van Steenbergen's avatar

Except that crypto now is thoroughly compromised and not nearly as "safe and effective" as people are told.

https://arstechnica.com/features/2024/01/how-a-27-year-old-busted-the-myth-of-bitcoins-anonymity/

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The Society of Problem Solvers's avatar

1) use decentralized exchanges

2) it is permissionless

Bitcoin has never been counterfeit or never been hacked. I would like to see this paper debated with experts in cryptography

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Joe Van Steenbergen's avatar

Okay, fine. How do we use crypto for day-to-day exchanges? Can I buy groceries with my crypto, or gas, or clothing, or anything? Bitcoin HAS been hacked! Stories of hackers stealing Bitcoin from wallets exist. There is no way under the sun that TPTB will ever allow any currency or other form of money to exist unless they control it; NOTHING will ever interfere with central bankers' monopoly on the creation or management of "money."

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The Society of Problem Solvers's avatar

Bitcoin itself has never been counterfeit or hacked. Bad wallets have, and that is why you are supposed to self custody on a cold wallet. Any hack that has happened was a result of a bad choice of who to trust to hold your Bitcoin for you. Hold (HODL) it yourself.

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Klaus Hubbertz's avatar

Any non-physical form of easily interchangeable asset for economic transaction but gold, silver, cigarettes, booze, fuel, candles, "quick-lead" and its "dedicated launching tools", canned and especially fresh meat, veggies and fruits will be utterly impractical and therefore obsolete in the times to come.

The digital world and its various forms of money will not be accessible and entirely non-functional.

So sorry for Dorian (Satoshi) Nakamoto's basically brilliant, democratic and egalitarian idea and his global acolytes.

See you after the nightmare ...

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The Society of Problem Solvers's avatar

Prepare for the worst, but aim for the best.

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The Society of Problem Solvers's avatar

Do you think they are building digital prisons just to break them?

Sure. If the systems break then that’s troublesome. Bullets and beef rule. But do you have money in the bank right now? That’s just code on their server. At least with Bitcoin on a cold wallet you hold the keys in your hand. And when the grid comes back on you still have it. The grid is worldwide.

You are planning for an apocalypse. We are preparing for a rebellion of decentralization. Which one has a better chance of solving the problem?

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