Re:Google bans cryptocurrency ads
by acdha on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @09:58PM
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The difference here is that there’s not much else. In contrast, things like the internet or web had tons of legitimate use from day 1.
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Re:Google bans cryptocurrency ads
by adrianmonk on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @10:48PM
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Yeah, this particular technology is particularly vulnerable to scamming for additional reasons. Not just lack of widespread usefulness, but because it's also _close_ solving a real problem people think they have. And it's just legitimate enough that it has some valid niche uses, which lends an air of credibility to the whole thing. It's merely a scam, it's something which can be turned into a scam.