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by michaelcampbell 1314 days ago
I'm not in this space, but this very much feels like "it isn't working because you're doing it wrong".
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I'm just trying to explain what cryptocurrency is and how that is different from cryptocurrency exchanges.

Cryptocurrency speculation on centralized exchanges literally does not use cryptocurrency and it's a shame that people think that's what it is.

What cryptocurrency actually is is a secure and auditable way to do transactions and record keeping in a very large group of people. That's what I and many other people use it for. Completely unrelated to day trading, and using the actual chains.

In general in life, things don't work if you do them wrong. Things working requires doing them right.
The problem is the things that don't work right if other people aren't doing them right.