[jbbe]

I think the tesla analogy is flawed. People want to get between places and the most current methods of transportation emit co2. So, a tesla driver, depending on how the local grid where they charged it is built, will likely emit less co2 getting around than someone driving a combustion powered car. The owner of an electric vehicle is going to want to go places regardless what kind of car they have.

What is the added value that cryptocurrencies have over traditional currencies/speculative investments?

Or what does it mean to 'do cryptocurrencies well'? What is it that we want to do? Their are other mechanisms to invest or to exchange value why are we using all these resources to create 'value' in this way?

[rvz]

> What is the added value that cryptocurrencies have over traditional currencies/speculative investments?

What is wrong with using cryptocurrencies for this? [0] Is there a problem using a stablecoin sitting on a blockchain technology designed for facilitating global cross-border payments? Maybe one of the use-cases is that they can send money to others even when users find out that their own banks have shutdown their own bank accounts [1] for no explanation.

[0] https://theintercept.com/2022/01/19/crypto-afghanistan-sanct...

[1] https://cointelegraph.com/news/uniswap-founder-s-bank-accoun...

[invig]

If the local grid for the bitcoin miner is green then they're not emitting much CO2 either...

Is removing control from gatekeepers not valuable to some people? Is the argument that a transparent ledger is no more useful than an invisible one?