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A comment on Ask HN: Why crypto is rising so fast when its not creating value?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Why crypto is rising so fast when its not creatin... by belltaco on Saturday November 06, 2021 @11:22PM (#29136278)
But those people are speculators looking to make a quick buck.
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Re:Ask HN: Why crypto is rising so fast when its not creatin... by DennisP on Sunday November 07, 2021 @07:42AM (#29138968)
Trading and finance are the main uses right now because scaling is very limited, so only high-value transactions are affordable.

When rollups plus sharding get it to tens of thousands of tx/sec in a couple years, we might see other applications take hold.

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