The internet is just for gambling and porn. (1995) People will never trust a website with their credit card. (1997) Bitcoin is just a tool for criminals and tax evaders. (2015) Ethereum is only good for scam coins and ponzi schemes. (2018) All wrong in the same way.
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The sketchy stuff comes first for new technology. US Courts have understood this in the past, resisting from judging how much copyright infringement is too much for new technology since usually that comes before the legitimate stuffhttps://twitter.com/backus/status/1008466634191728641 …
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Judging new technology by its current usage is sketchy: the illegal stuff comes first.
“the fact remains that Skype emerged directly from the loins of Kazaa"