Re:How badly is cryptocurrency worsening the chip shortage?
by ohgodplsno on Friday November 12, 2021 @12:22PM
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Fueling addictions and bypassing regulations in hundreds of countries isn't exactly a shining example of the technology.
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Re:How badly is cryptocurrency worsening the chip shortage?
by kevinmgranger on Friday November 12, 2021 @12:31PM
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I'm no fan of it either, but plenty of folks would view bypassing financial regulations as a shining example. That was part of the point, was to sidestep government oversight.
Re:How badly is cryptocurrency worsening the chip shortage?
by danaris on Friday November 12, 2021 @02:07PM
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Another way of saying that is "to enable criminal activity."
Re:How badly is cryptocurrency worsening the chip shortage?
by kevinmgranger on Friday November 12, 2021 @02:39PM
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Sure. But legality is separate from morality.
Re:How badly is cryptocurrency worsening the chip shortage?
by sershe on Saturday November 13, 2021 @10:59AM
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It's important to separate moral judgement from technical judgement. Even if I agreed with you on morality (which I don't on either count), addiction industries, including the legal ones like tobacco and games, have always been large and profitable, and avoiding various regulation has also been a big "meta-industry" for a long time.