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Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by msm_ on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @07:16PM (#35548399)
Satoshi (and many other OG members of bitcointalk) knew, and tried to improve the protocol. BTC was not set in stone at the beginning. It's just at some point Satoshi disappeared, and moonfags[1] who controlled the capital (miners and exchanges) weren't interested in any technical improvements that may make regulators more angry, causing the end of most innovation in the cryptocurrency space.

[1]Sorry for the very colloquial term, I don't know a better one. I mean people who care about cryptocurrencies only as a speculative "investment".

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Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by overthrow on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @08:05PM (#35548922)
Bitcoin chose a certain set of tradeoffs, and other coins choose different sets. It has its advantages. There's no need to project such negativity onto other projects for making different design choices.
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Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by nr2x on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @09:47PM (#35549794)
Yeah that’s super offensive, I would avoid it altogether.
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Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by thewildginger on Thursday April 13, 2023 @05:25AM (#35552980)
Just say crypto bros. We all know someone who treats crypto like it's CrossFit. We'll get what you mean. Even a miner and exchanger is a crypto bro, even if they don't want to admit it. They're in it for the money.
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