[stagbeetle]

This poster is correct, albeit not for his reasons. I speculate in digital currencies (or rather their exchange rates) and there is a fine difference.

Digital currency is an all encompassing term for any money that solely exists electronically. Example: Money deposited into a bank account is digital currency. Investing into digital currency can mean a lot of different things. A few include, taking positions on exchange rates (such as the conversion of USD to EUR), taking a position on lending yields, or even simply a position on inflation. An economically-proficient reader might opine that these are all the same things, but there is a very fine line that distinguishes them all. Sort of like the line between digital currencies and crypto-currencies.

Crypto-currencies are a subset of digital currencies. One who "invests" in crypto invests into digital currency, but one who invests into digital currency does not always invest into crypto.

There is a distinction, even if we all instinctively knew what the authors were trying to get across.

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The digital currency set is larger than I thought (I believe it includes the items I've stated (see Wikipedia link re PayPay)).

If you call censorship resistance a 'fine line', I agree.

I explained why I made the distinction. You should probably learn to read a more carefully before making statements about all knowing this & that. Or fine lines.

What do you think the point of crypto is? Make me look silly, bro.

Edit: You see the information I've talked about? I created that. So if you've got more, I'd be impressed.

Edit2: If you've got any thoughts on the blockchain as a data-commons for AI, I'm all ears.

Edit3: Any thoughts on the future of the decentralised web? Tangles for the IoT? How evolution relates to hard forks? Anything like that? Or just some dictionary definitions?

[stagbeetle]

My compatriot, I'm gonna be hoenst and say I have only a modicum of a clue what you've been trying to convey in this thread chain, and I've only been replying on what I've assumed you're trying to get across. No disrespect, I just think there's a language barrier going on here.

>I explained why I made the distinction. You should probably learn to read a more carefully before making statements about all knowing this & that. Or fine lines.

This is true. I have a habit of skimming and assuming if something's unclear.

>What do you think the point of crypto is? Make me look silly, bro.

Damn. If I came off as combative, wasn't my intention. Crypto's got a lot of uses. Fighting censorship through decentralization is one of its most notable features. Speculation and decentralized asset manipulator is another.

>You see the information I've talked about? I created that. So if you've got more, I'd be impressed.

I don't understand.

>If you've got any thoughts on the blockchain as a data-commons for AI, I'm all ears.

I don't understand.

>Any thoughts on the future of the decentralised web? Tangles for the IoT? How evolution relates to hard forks? Anything like that? Or just some dictionary definitions?

Exploitation of networks will be easier to carryout and forensics will be easier to fudge on a decentralized network. Having everyone run through the same nodes and the ability to mask my traffic as a benign pass-thru will greatly enable cyber-crime, even more-so than our current clearnet. Censorship will lose its foothold on oppressing, but it will now enable the other type of independent criminal.

On tangles: I think, if I'm correct in assuming how directed acryllic graphs operate, this will be a boon for anti-censorship, but its still has the same pitfalls. I can catch a ride and spoof myself as a benign fellow network user. I don't know much about this, but I've put one of the whitepapers on my to-do list.

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Maybe the 'crypto' vs 'digital' is too subtle for most ppl to understand (as in, what drives the use of the language. Why players are motivated to use the words they do). Maybe I didn't explain it well.

It's like the use of the term 'bcash' to discredit Bitcoin Cash.

If you -- not being stupid -- don't get it, it's probably not worth my time explaining it again.

Edit: it's past 1 here. Need to sleep. Sorry for the short reply. You should check out Monero. A look at what the privacy has to offer.

[stagbeetle]

>Maybe the 'crypto' vs 'digital' is too subtle for most ppl to understand (as in, what drives the use of the language. Why players are motivated to use the words they do). Maybe I didn't explain it well.

I assume most don't care. The dichotomy is unimportant to them.

>If you -- not being stupid -- don't get it, it's probably not worth my time explaining it again.

I get it.

>it's past 1 here. Need to sleep. Sorry for the short reply. .

Sleep tight.

>You should check out Monero. A look at what the privacy has to offer

Already a user. Got in before people realized how much of a game changer this is.