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Triumph@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ll never forgive the techbros for fucking over crypto so hard. You’re absolutely right that examples like these are a great reason why payment systems not bound by nations or corporations are good and important, but nobody is going to care anymore because they just see crypto as a scam.

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• AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Eh, not really. Technologies cannot fix sociatal problems. Either you have no possibility of regulations/controls on payments, then people will buy CSAM with it. Or you have some form of control and who ever is in power can try shit like this 🤷

  True democratic control might be best, but even then a majority could still oppose niche stuff for silly reasons.

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• mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Trouble is, cash you can e-mail became a wiggly line going up, so people bet on it and ruined everything.

  Proper cryptocurrency would constantly lose value and be a hot potato people seek to get rid of. Readily available - valuable through exchange - aggressively encouraging that exchange.

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