Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidia

Re:Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip... by helloooooooo on Sunday March 26, 2023 @06:06PM (#35320131)

They also don’t understand that the “wartime act” is not the act that was invoked. In fact, the War Measures Act has not existed in Canada for nearly 40 years.

It was replaced by the Emergencies Act, which explicitly does not violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, unlike its predecessors.

It just goes to show how knowledgeable the previous poster is on the subject.

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Re:Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip... by epgui on Sunday March 26, 2023 @06:10PM (#35320165)

Indeed. But just to be even more clear:

> which explicitly does not violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Indeed indeed. However, it does limit the rights and freedoms in the Charter, and it does so in a way that the Charter allows. The Charter provides an escape hatch in exceptional circumstances, and that is not by accident: it is by design. And anyone who would design the Charter without this escape hatch probably has no business being in governance, because it would just be a ticking time bomb to a constitutional crisis.

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Re:Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip... by ipaddr on Monday March 27, 2023 @08:52AM (#35326024)

Same act that imprisoned Japanese citizens that was slightly changed. Legally the government could make you a slave and it wouldn't violate your charter.

You don't have as many rights or protections as you believe. You don't even have property rights in Canada.

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Re:Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip... by epgui on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @10:39PM (#35351573)

> Legally the government could make you a slave and it wouldn't violate your charter.

This is hilariously false.

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