Re:Bittrex to Cease Operations
by gear54rus on Friday March 31, 2023 @03:48PM
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yeah except now you will exchange your fiat into crypto with some shady guy instead of a somewhat-trustable big entity with reputation.
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Re:Bittrex to Cease Operations
by alphanullmeric on Friday March 31, 2023 @03:58PM
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The code is open source, your only risks are bugs, exploits and the government.
Bugs, exploits, and "only problems" in the same sentence are what makes it funny, especially when your money is on the line and the most popular smart contract lang is JavaScript for blockchain edition
By shady guy, the commenter is likey referring to peer-to-peer marketplace swapping of fiat and crypto, not DEXes. DEXes cannot offer fiat currencies since it is inherently centralized. AFAIK, the only options to exchange fiat are centralized exchanges and peer-to-peer marketplaces, both of which rely on extensive trust in a very small number of people, and are not open-source or publicly-auditable.
Without any fiat on-ramp crypto is worthless. its value is always measured by how much fiat it can be sold for. without that it has no value. what are you gonna do, go mail a stranger cash for coins? send him gold bars for coins? lol. this crap is OVER. please wake up! or dont, i don't really care..
Re:Bittrex to Cease Operations
by alphanullmeric on Friday March 31, 2023 @06:31PM
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Glad we agree the IRS shouldn’t be taxing something that has no value.
Stop raging, your argument is invalid simply because I can exchange crypto for goods and services and you don't even see this simple problem