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Re:FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns by nazgulnarsil on Friday November 11, 2022 @03:17PM (#33566221)
>I have never -- never -- encountered a value-producing use case for cryptocurrency that can't be solved by either signed git commits or a SQL database.

You have always --always-- lived in a high trust society with trustworthy institutions

Re:FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns by thwayunion on Friday November 11, 2022 @03:25PM (#33566319)
I live in the USA.

I will concede your point if it means you'll agree that at the very least cryptocurrency is useless to people in the USA.

(Even as a hedge. My resiliency to societal collapse comes from the social relationships I maintain in my local community and the collection of skills and knowledge we collectively have, not my ability to flee to New Zealand and hope my digital tokens still have perceived value.)