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Why isn't humanity just pouring everything we have on achieving sustainable, clean energy? Can you imagine a world where you can prompt and mine without a care in the world, leave the lights on, charge your car for nothing? I really hope we can make fusion happen soon

Technically or legally?

It actually does lol. You can get it to cover most of the screen

I low-key love that Plasma added the "shake your mouse to enlarge the cursor" feature from macOS. Mostly for the comedic relief when you're frustrated

This is your brain on marketing

Misleading etymology fact, potentially intentionally. The fascio was indeed a bundle of sticks and origin of the word fascismo, but it's not about collectivisation: it was a weapon that symbolizes power. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces

The solution is very simple, just require a license /s

I can't say I've ever seen fascists pushing Bitcoins, but then again I don't frequent those spaces. I struggle to see how they are ideologically similar though. Doesn't seem like a very authoritarian concept

And can we really say we know what brought about the publication of the bitcoin whitepaper?

I honestly never understood how Lemmy, a privacy and decentralisation focused community, is so vehemently anti-crypto. It's worse than genAI. Every time it is mentioned, everyone goes "crypto is a scam". I don't think I've ever seen any good faith discussion around it, just "scam", "pyramid scheme", and "only criminals use it".

Let's get something out of the way immediately: shitcoins are a literal pyramid scheme and a scam. Anyone can make their own cryptocurrency in an evening, and anyone who throws money at them is either a fool or a gambler.

But I really don't understand what people mean when they say Bitcoin, or Ethereum, or Monero are a scam. Sure they can be used to scam you, just like Amazon gift cards can. Maybe it's about the price volatility, but the price of all 3 mentioned before is up on a day, week, month, 6 months, year, and 5 year scale. It's volatile, but is not a scam. If you bought and sold at two random points in time, it's more likely you made a profit than "got scammed". You know what actually is a scam? Credit scores, overdraft fees, having to pay to check your balance, and so many other fucked up practices in the US banking system.

"Criminals use them" is just the worst fucking argument, especially in a space like this. Are PGP, VPNs and TOR for criminals too? Do you think getting rid of crypto would stop crime?

And yes, proof of work fucking sucks. The energy consumption of Bitcoin mining is a problem. I am not a cryptobro who spends all his time making trades and is here to tell you that crypto is the salvation. They are far from being "good" for everyday use. I just wanted to point out how it seems that critical thought gets shut down at the sight of those 6 letters, and I hope someone can explain to me what they find so terrible about crypto (aside from environmental concerns and shitcoins)

Whether the system likes it or not

Oh wow, I didn't recall this one was so ancient.

Well he is a clown, but not the funny kind.