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Re:SEC has not approved Bitcoin ETFs [fixed] by __MatrixMan__ on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @07:13PM (#38934305)
What makes you think that the kids of tomorrow are going to give a damn about today's notions of what's valuable? Using an unstoppable ledger doesn't make the underlying values any more legitimate than they were before.

I do think that creating a censorship resistant place for data is more important than preventing people from being scammed, but when I think about what ought to go there, I come up with nothing so status-quo-preserving as abstractions that ensure the continuity of asset ownership. It's like you hate banks so much that you went and built one just to show-em.

Re:SEC has not approved Bitcoin ETFs [fixed] by dnissley on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @07:21PM (#38934377)
> What makes you think that the kids of tomorrow are going to give a damn about today's notions of what's valuable?

I mean, on a long enough time scale, they won't :) Same with USD, other currencies, or any given stock or bond. There are no guarantees. That applies doubly to crypto assets.

Re:SEC has not approved Bitcoin ETFs [fixed] by barnabee on Thursday January 11, 2024 @06:43AM (#38950942)
> What makes you think that the kids of tomorrow are going to give a damn about today's notions of what's valuable?

Why would this change my assertions?

In any case there are a myriad socio-political views and values represented in blockchain/“crypto” projects. It’s not all hypercapitalist libertarians…