What we really need to make the cryptocurrency revolution complete is a popular new coin that requires massive amounts of RAM. Then all components of homemade PCs will be equally unaffordable, and balance will have been restored
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The usual mantra is that technology is amoral, and we twist it to our human ends, for good or bad. But cryptocurrency is a good candidate for tech that is inherently evil. It's an intellectual island of the Lotus Eaters for smart minds, and you can also do lots of crimes with it
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Anyway, keep an eye out for Pinboard FunBuxx! You'll want to get in on the ground floor of this one
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The internet-mediated diversion of extremely smart people into dead-end basins of thought like hyperintelligence or cryptocurrency is something I post a lot about on this site, rather than making productive use of my time
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And of course, degenerate gamblers. I posit .00001% of crypto enthusiasts would care if there was no means of speculation and/or a rising chart.
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The subset of people who intrinsically care about seamless transfers of value but who are also okay with relatively complex interfaces and principles is probably <100 people worldwide if you don't layer on "price go up" and a little bit of Austrian goldbug grifting.
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All of your arguments are flawed, but this one is especially egregious. Decentralized forms of currency attract psychopaths like illegal guns do, and for the exact same reason. They're criminals, Pinboard. They have a lot more to lose.What does this have to do with harddrives?
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If you're suggesting the Chinese Government is recording hash tables for cryptocurrency, whoops. That'll be interesting.
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