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Stross uses it in his book but loves to exploit even what he puports to hate:
"## Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire
Bitcoin just crashed 50% today, on news that the Chinese government has banned local exchanges from accepting deposits in Yuan. BtC was trading over $1000 yesterday; now it's down to $500 and still falling.
Good.
I want Bitcoin to die in a fire: this is a start, but it's not sufficient. Let me give you a round-up below the cut."
https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/12/why-i-want-bitcoin-to-die-in-a.html
hmm it's unfortunate that people draw these political associations and that makes them either like or not like a thing
It kinda disturbs me how people talk about how "this thing is right coded" or "that thing is left coded" to determine how they should feel about it
Overall, he acknowledged that bitcoin has some interesting properties so why can't his attitude be more like "interesting let's see where this heads" instead of "I want it to die in a fire"
Exactly. I was actually thinking about making another post addressing his current feelings, but your reply is what I wanted to talk about. It reminds me of Taleb removing the forward to The Bitcoin Standard because he and his fellow countryman got into a pissing contest about covid. Then @denlillaapan recently reviewed A Progressive's Case For Bitcoin (#1574659) Maybe Stross should read that book. His criticisms of bitcoin are the same nonsense still spouted by Elizabeth Warren and her crew. Stross is better than that.
It's a shame TPB, the Progressive Bitcoiner closed with dismay.
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Here's a slightly different quote from the author:
www.antipope.org. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017