← Back to context Comment by thepasswordis 20 hours ago Is there anything crypto does that paper currency doesn’t? 5 comments thepasswordis Reply codedokode 19 hours ago Paper currency can be devalued by the government by printing lot of paper (this has happened many times in our history). Cryptocurrency cannot. reaperducer 20 hours ago Is there anything crypto does that paper currency doesn’t?Gets you the equivalent of mugged by people on the other side of the planet?At least with cash, it's a one-on-one involuntary transaction. SilasX 20 hours ago Yes, electronic transfer.Come on, if you’re going to copy someone else’s snark, pick a good one. AStonesThrow 19 hours ago "Cryptocurrency" is a misnomer, because none of them are actual currencies.Cryptocurrencies are classified, for now, as securities.Currency is currency and cryptocurrency is not. So please do not attempt to compare apples to oranges here.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_(finance)If you wish to compare cryptosecurities to other securities, then do that, but don't try to act like it is some sort of future utopian currency. arandomusername 1 hour ago Cryptocurrencies are not classified as securities. Bitcoin and Ethereum, the largest cryptocurrencies, were both declared as non securities by the SEC.
codedokode 19 hours ago Paper currency can be devalued by the government by printing lot of paper (this has happened many times in our history). Cryptocurrency cannot.
reaperducer 20 hours ago Is there anything crypto does that paper currency doesn’t?Gets you the equivalent of mugged by people on the other side of the planet?At least with cash, it's a one-on-one involuntary transaction.
SilasX 20 hours ago Yes, electronic transfer.Come on, if you’re going to copy someone else’s snark, pick a good one.
AStonesThrow 19 hours ago "Cryptocurrency" is a misnomer, because none of them are actual currencies.Cryptocurrencies are classified, for now, as securities.Currency is currency and cryptocurrency is not. So please do not attempt to compare apples to oranges here.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_(finance)If you wish to compare cryptosecurities to other securities, then do that, but don't try to act like it is some sort of future utopian currency. arandomusername 1 hour ago Cryptocurrencies are not classified as securities. Bitcoin and Ethereum, the largest cryptocurrencies, were both declared as non securities by the SEC.
arandomusername 1 hour ago Cryptocurrencies are not classified as securities. Bitcoin and Ethereum, the largest cryptocurrencies, were both declared as non securities by the SEC.
Paper currency can be devalued by the government by printing lot of paper (this has happened many times in our history). Cryptocurrency cannot.
Is there anything crypto does that paper currency doesn’t?
Gets you the equivalent of mugged by people on the other side of the planet?
At least with cash, it's a one-on-one involuntary transaction.
Yes, electronic transfer.
Come on, if you’re going to copy someone else’s snark, pick a good one.
"Cryptocurrency" is a misnomer, because none of them are actual currencies.
Cryptocurrencies are classified, for now, as securities.
Currency is currency and cryptocurrency is not. So please do not attempt to compare apples to oranges here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_(finance)
If you wish to compare cryptosecurities to other securities, then do that, but don't try to act like it is some sort of future utopian currency.
Cryptocurrencies are not classified as securities. Bitcoin and Ethereum, the largest cryptocurrencies, were both declared as non securities by the SEC.