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Comment by AIiscoming

5 hours ago

Ah yes lets ignore the tons of co2 which has direct impact of primarily poor people around the whole globe and the energy stealing which also is happening through bitcoin to make the case for alll of this for a handful of techsavy people in a handful of countries who are apparently now able to get their money through crypto but also have to now find people taking this?

Yeah no.

You know what happened in el salvador? A Lot of people got their initial crypto stolen.

And you know what real people do? They use euros and dollars as hard cash. Like i have seen in Iran.

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eru  4 hours ago

> Ah yes lets ignore the tons of co2 which has direct impact of primarily poor people around the whole globe and the energy stealing which also is happening through bitcoin [...]

That's true for bitcoin, but not for cryptocurrencies in general. Especially those that moved to proof-of-stake.

tigereyeTO  4 hours ago

“Yeah no.”

Ah yes let’s ignore the tons of energy being used in giant data centers run by visa and Mastercard to operate the payment cards used by billions of people around the world.

“Yeah no.”

You know what happened in USA? A lot of people got their cash stolen.

Your arguments are as coherent as the dissonant “Yeah no.”

  • AIiscoming  4 hours ago

    "Yeah no" have had these arguments for ages and nothing has changed.

    Bitcoin uses a massive amount of energy and has neither the transaction amount, nor the transaction speed and a LOT of features missing which visa/mastercard and a normal bank provide.

    Losing your key to a wallet? BTC gone

    Fraud? Yeah and now what?

    Seller or buyer protection? hahaha no

    Lets not compare apples with stones okay?

    • tigereyeTO  3 hours ago

      Losing your wallet or purse? Cash gone. Fraud? Yeah and now what?

      Seller and buyer protection don’t exist with cash either my dude.

      If you’re going to compare apples and stones at least do it honestly.

      Each payment option has its own advantages and disadvantages, and it’s fantastic that we have the freedom to choose from a variety of products and services to use.

      I hated it when PayPal froze my funds and wished there was an option where a middleman couldn’t decide who I am allowed to pay. Then Bitcoin came along. For me, Bitcoin works great. For you, your method of choice works great and I’m happy for you.

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