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Re:Cryptocurrency is something people tell lies about in hop... by boh on Saturday September 25, 2021 @12:15PM (#28654249)
You can pretty much make the same case for the Internet. "Before I couldn't do X, bcs repression, mass media elite etc. but then the internet etc." The "quiet resistance" narrative is overshadowed by its primary function to make people money.
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Re:Cryptocurrency is something people tell lies about in hop... by helloworld11 on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:17AM (#28690522)
And so what if it does make some people money? Its other use cases all work just the same and as the points above mention, it can be used for a number of good things.. Does criminals using house purchases to invest laundered money make buying a house evil? It does not, but the hate just keeps getting dumped on bitcoin by people who should know better.
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Re:Cryptocurrency is something people tell lies about in hop... by boh on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @10:29PM (#28702540)
People don't hate Bitcoin, they just hate the MLM style marketing pitches from randos.

Sounds great btw, amazing product, can't wait to sell it to my friends and neighbors.

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