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idk why crypto is so hated (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It is annoying semi annoying maybe but like I use it to do black market things, anarchy stuff, getting medicine where gov provides shit. It is such a crutch

But you dare to mention it on mainstream media and you will get lynched or banned for whatever reason nowadays.

Kinda irks me because it helps with my disability so much to get stuff I need, medicine. I couldn't function without it

Just ranting I guess, I do too much of rants admittedly

Edit: So I see all the scams created bias about this tech which is unfortunate. But looking aside this tech is pretty rad though maybe too much resource intensive depending on implementation

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

People don't like nuance. A lot of scammers, a lot of pump and dump schemes, a lot of unregulated market exploitation took place " on the blockchain ". That's what most people think about. So the PR is terrible.

For monero, which is trying to be digital cash, not an asset you hold, not a speculation, just a transactional currency. It's great. I advocate it to the people I associate with, and I use it for legitimate services all the time, VPNs, donations to nonprofits, domain registration, hosting, many things.

The main thing you have to focus on, is the utility, don't worry about the popularity contest online. If there is utility, and it's better than other options, people will use it. So you have to make sure the ecosystem is friendly, usable, and practical for people. Once that exists the rest will fall into place.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As a crypto noob, how does monero avoid being a speculative asset like all the other coins?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You could hold monero, and that's speculation, sure. But Monero is meant to be used. Have some, use some, don't hoard it hoping it goes up.

That way madness lay.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Hey by the way because I am admittedly quite green. Do you have anything other worth advocating from the same vein? You know decentralized, hard to shut down, privacy focused. I am sure there is ton of things I haven't heard about

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Lemmy, is decentralized, federated, hard to kill, censorship resistant. You're living the dream right now.

Join [email protected]

Look at graphene OS, look at the tor community forums.

See what services you use regularly, that you could find a privacy provider for, here's a nice list of crypto accepting service providers https://kycnot.me/

Check out privacy guides https://www.privacyguides.org/en/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thank you! I may have created this post to rather quickly and crudely check the local narrative which I see aligns with the mainstream. That means lemmy is doing pretty great nice to see