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by ed25519FUUU 2186 days ago
> To me it's the usual crypto thing - very cool from a technological perspective, not useful in real life.

Indeed, the vast bulk of crypto technologies appear to be solutions out in search of problems.

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If you have no problems to solve I'm sure it can seem like that. If your country has international currency controls and you need to get your hands on money that isn't going to inflate away in a few weeks, then a decentralized currency that works well would look a lot more valuable.