| > energy-wise (...) you didn't mention how this is set to improve Not on this thread, but yes, I did talk about work on Proof-of-Stake on Ethereum and the work on layer-2 projects. If you are interested, take a look at Loopring or Raiden, both projects allow value transfers between people at near-zero costs. Loopring is a bit more centralized than Raiden but its UX is easier, Raiden still is complicated to setup but can scale linearly with the number of nodes in the network. > Most often these libertarian interests align with criminal interests. Get rid of the weasel-words and try again. What is your actual condemnation here? For whatever it is you think it is a crime, ask yourself (a) if crypto is enabling criminal actions that would be otherwise prevented and (b) how much these activities would not exist if the institutions were actually working at the best interest of the people. Money laundering, drug/gun/people trafficking already exist without crypto. It's not like criminals will become good citizens if we get rid of crypto. Black markets come to exist because of oppressive regimes, not despite them. |