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Re:U.S. Secret Service Launches Cryptocurrency Awareness Hub by throwaway4good on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @09:53AM (#30441622)
It is a return.

And it is not loan, it is a "stake".

An example of the mumbojumbo obvious fraud that is out there.

It has nothing to do with a company making money by producing useful products or services that has actual real world value.

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Re:U.S. Secret Service Launches Cryptocurrency Awareness Hub by MisterBastahrd on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @11:07AM (#30442574)
When you stake, you are using your own money to guarantee that transactions on a network will process successfully. If something happens and they don't, you lose that bag.

Staking is just a very stupid loan that you give out without having any real insight into the people who borrowed from you.

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Re:U.S. Secret Service Launches Cryptocurrency Awareness Hub by aqme28 on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:03AM (#30441754)
I mostly agree with you, but how does crypto.com's marketing relate to what I was talking about in the parent comment?
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