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Don't like something? Build something better. Opinions in news media are worthless.
There are several valid points of criticism against Bitcoin. I wish more effort is put into it to criticize it along those fronts.
It is amazing how so few systems are inherently robust to DDOS.
Hindu religion is not like Catholic Church. Unfortunately, in such issues, it is very fragmented and 'decentralized' with multiple different sects, castes, pontiffs etc.
Uttar Pradesh, where Ganga mostly flows has a lot of water heavy low-tech businesses. Leather tanneries is the first thing that comes to my mind. Illiteracy doesn't help either.
Things are changing. Ganga in Varanasi and a few other areas are much cleaner in the last couple years than they have been in the past!
There is no cure for jumping in with your emotions and money into markets.
How is it any different from buying stocks at its peak? If you bought SPY during 2008 peak bubble, you had to wait for 6-7 years to even break even!
However, there is a system that is evolving to generate returns for your open lightning network channels. They do generate small amount of returns. [0]
[0] https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-lightning-network-ref...