It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency

Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by sedatk on Sunday May 30, 2021 @05:14PM (#27336869)

That's just an overly simplistic summary of the whole thread. Pinboard isn't angry about artificial scarcity, but how cryptocurrency fails to fulfill its promises: it fails to decentralize, it fails to reach performance levels of existing financial institutions, it wastes huge amounts of energy, and it provides zero value other than being a ransomware enabler. (Disclaimer: I own cryptocurrency)

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Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by baby on Sunday May 30, 2021 @10:25PM (#27339350)

And he is wrong. Plenty of cryptocurrencies are fast, with low fees, and with minimal energy consumption.

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Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by sedatk on Sunday May 30, 2021 @11:30PM (#27339750)

Yes but not the overwhelmingly popular ones.

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Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by baby on Sunday May 30, 2021 @11:56PM (#27339911)

I think it depends on how you want to rank popularity, but I’d say the most popular coins in the field are

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