0 sats \ 14 replies \ @AJ1992 16 May \ on: What's a Scam that's so normalized that people don't even realize it's a scam?? bitcoin
Fucking stupid post. Bitcoin has a.chance to become real money if you maxi's stop pushing people away with your arrogance and sense of entitlement. You have to know how to show love and bring people on board. Also, Bitcoin has so many flaws in its blockchain setup. For instance, why would anyone want to pay any fee to transact funds when they can do so in many different ways for free? Also, majority of people in this world don't care enough about the anonymous aspect of it to pay a fee to stay anonymous. This is what you maxi's fail to realize.
I dont agree with that. I dont want to be offensive! but I think you missed some of the most important basics about bitcoin :/ but that is extremely common and understandable if you've grown up in a western country. the veil will fall when the illusion of security can no longer be maintained an the governmental influence drops. At the latest, this is when perspectives on the topic of money in general will suddenly change. And then such a statement will certainly not be made anymore.
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and here is the problem, you have read the whitepaper several times, but that is just the fundament. its like you look at the walls of a house and say that this is not enough to fulfill the requirements of a real building....ofc it is not your are missing every other details.
and we are talking about MONEY. not about blockchains in general. when it comes to technical basics ofc there are other blockhains which can fulfill different purposes better than bitcoin blockchain will ever be able to....but NOT when its about money. and furthermore blockchain is just one specific kind of DLT. I can read in your words that you need to study several thousands of hours more, but trust me the result is worth it :)
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Any digital currency can have a "better blockchains in certain aspects" when compared to Bitcoin. Someone can make the argument that Dogecoin is better because it's built with a funnier theme in mind. Someone else can say Ethereum is better because it allows smart contracts. "Better" only has meaning for a given metric. And in all the metrics I find important, Bitcoin still beats everything else.
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Oh so you enjoy wondering how long it's.ggoing to take.for your TX to confirm, if it even ever will? You enjoy having to pay expensive fees to transact (compared to other ways to make.payments in the world) and having those fees be so volatile you can't ever accurately predict them? You enjoy not being able to charge back a transaction if you get ripped off? Need I go on? And I realize a lot.of this is fixed via lightning but lightning has its own set of issues that need.to be addressed.
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Actually, from a technical perspective I do enjoy trying to figure it out. From a user perspective, I'd like for there to be no money at all and wish I could get anything I want delivered instantly. Obviously this can't be realized because the real world has costs, so I have to pick and choose what I want based on what I can access and afford.
Just like every decision in my everyday life, Bitcoin has made tradeoffs. It isn't the fastest way to purchase most products (lightning network aside), but it is the fastest way to do so in a decentralized manner that is near impossible to reverse given enough confirmations. That is a metric important to me.
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How can I show love to a group of people that are basically a cult? They worship Bitcoin and have turned Satoshi into someone they were not, similar to what most.of the Christians have done with Christ. Satoshi knew Bitcoiners would become cult like and didn't want to be worshipped, that's why they disappeared.
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Cashapp, venmo, PayPal, debit cards (no fee to the purchaser), and ultimately cold hard cash. Why would anyone choose Bitcoin over these.methods on cost tx alone? Then add in the fact you have to wait (on the blockchain) an indefinite amount of time for your TX to confirm, which, there's no guarantee it ever will in reality.
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It’s never free my friend. Or you are the product. They all have fees but indirectly. Who fixes prices? Venmo works for free? You don’t pay nothing or is it because you don’t know about it? I mean every transaction is followed carefully by Google and others… They don’t work for free.
Cash is the same thing but with government + who pays for printing money? Paper and all the security related to it is definitely not “free”.
Product need to be built and middle men need to be paid and more.
Without even talking about inflation in lot of countries affecting their “hard” cash economies.
I won’t talk bitcoin on chain as you do because I don’t see the point of using it. I save value in it. I use bitcoin off chain for my everyday life. I mean it’s easy, open, low cost and worldwide. Use any wallet you want and enjoy using it.
I definitely recommend you to check @darthcoin website and testing more of the different options before making any fast and easy statement.
Enjoy your day
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You people need to stop implying that Darth and I don't know each other. I've been here since the begining. Darth is a pompous asshole who thinks he's a god and wants you people to worship him. Stop giving him what he wants. I know how Bitcoin works and Darth and I go way back, the day he personally attacked me simply for not blindly believing in his opinions was the day I knew what he really is. He pushes more people away from Bitcoin than he brings on board with his arrogance and his disdain for other crypto currencies that have better features than Bitcoin. He can't accept the reality that Bitcoin is not flawless. STOP WORSHIPPING HIM.
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