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by ricardobeat 1611 days ago
I think what he was trying to say is that saying "crypto attracts scumbags" puts the onus purely on consumers of the tech, when in fact a lot of the scummy behavior, hype and fraud is planned and encouraged by the people implementing the technology, not only their users. That's a significant departure from "any other movement".
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> That's a significant departure from "any other movement".

Exactly this. There are scumbags in every movement, but crypto has structural incentives for scumbaggery that make it distinct.