Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet

Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by rustybelt on Monday March 08, 2021 @11:32AM (#26387604)

Wow. What? This may be the worst false dichotomy I've ever seen.

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Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by nindalf on Monday March 08, 2021 @11:36AM (#26387688)

How so? Seems correct to me. Just this morning I had the choice of paying for groceries either with Bitcoin or by launching a violent invasion of the store.

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Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by lostgame on Monday March 08, 2021 @11:54AM (#26387982)

/u/nindalf this honestly made me laugh out loud and spill my drink. The next time I am trying to explain the concept of a false dichotomy, I am absolutely using this example. XD

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Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by rustybelt on Monday March 08, 2021 @11:51AM (#26387936)

I stand corrected.

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Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by kempbellt on Monday March 08, 2021 @12:25PM (#26388492)

I'm enjoying the idea that launching a violent invasion of the store still counts as "paying" in this scenario.

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Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by throwaway4good on Monday March 08, 2021 @11:43AM (#26387800)

But did neither due to the high transaction costs?

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Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by nelsontodd on Monday March 08, 2021 @12:01PM (#26388101)

You forget about the violent invasions that allowed the USD to maintain its value while you were paying for groceries lol

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Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by rspeele on Monday March 08, 2021 @02:37PM (#26390457)

Can you name some that wouldn't have happened if the world ran on Bitcoin?

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Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by lostgame on Monday March 08, 2021 @01:35PM (#26389634)

Quite to the contrary, it was obviously part of their point. :P Poster is definitely not endorsing violent invasions.

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