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Re:FTX Yikes by htlion on Friday November 11, 2022 @05:08AM (#33558906)
> I'll be surprised the day there's a positive article about crypto on HN.

I am annoyed by such arguments because crypto has now existed for quite a long time, and the positives are very limited if existent at the moment. Would you mind sharing positive events occurring thanks to crypto?

Re:FTX Yikes by zeroclip on Friday November 11, 2022 @05:33AM (#33559054)
> Would you mind sharing positive events occurring thanks to crypto?

DeFi continuing to issue user withdrawals regardless of market conditions and the greed of centralized financial custodians? This is the whole reason why Satoshi created Bitcoin and the blockchain in 2008.

Re:FTX Yikes by once_inc on Friday November 11, 2022 @06:03AM (#33559252)
Aside from millions of people having access to dollars via stablecoins? Or the ability to escape an oppressive government with capital controls? Or donating to organisations that aren't in the governments graces, like Wikileaks? Or preventing methane emissions via Bitcoin mining? Or...