It’s not still the early days of blockchain

Re:It’s not still the early days of blockchain by freemanon on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:48AM (#29979927)

The fallacy of false dichotomies. Things aren't either totally useful or totally a scam. That's what I'm trying to say, we shouldn't jump into quick conclusions one way or the other, especially without trying to really understand first.

I have my views on positive use cases for the blockchain and/or cryptocurrencies, and I got that by learning and building stuff with it. On whether the technology is a net good or bad to society, I don't know.

One can refuse to participate in anything without completely dismissing its merit. But that's the polarised world we live in :/

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Re:It’s not still the early days of blockchain by CRConrad on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @06:41AM (#29992418)

Yadda, yadda. Who said I'm 100-0 on the "Scam!" side? I could be 99-1, or maybe even 90-10. Even if I were 60-40, what do you expect -- that I should argue for how it's not a scam?!?

But, hey, you seem to be closer to 100-0 than to 99-1 in favour of "Utopia!".

You would be a lot more persuasive for that side if you didn't natter about meta shit like "fallacies" or "false dichotomies" but in stead presented some actual arguments.

I notice you didn't.

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Re:It’s not still the early days of blockchain by freemanon on Monday January 24, 2022 @09:06PM (#30066990)

I'm not trying to convince anyone that crypto is 100% the future. I'm trying to convince people that it's not a total scam.

Between black and white there's gray.

You keep digging into that false dichotomy

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