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by x-complexity 1306 days ago
> I think the entire crypto portfolio is not just completely worthless, but actually has a negative value. It’s worth less than nothing.

If this is the case, then I would like to propose the following:

Following the axiom that "It's worth less than nothing" & "crypto has negative value", that would mean that you'd be willing to pay other people to own crypto, since it's deemed to be negative value.

To prove this claim, a payment of $100 made out to me would suffice.

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Obviously not. If something has a negative value for society, it doesn't make sense to incentivize its ownership or use. I also think methamphetamine has a net negative value (perhaps outside of certain narrow medical uses), but I won't pay you $100 to take meth.

But if you manage to abolish cryptocurrency, or meth for that matter, then I will gladly pay you $100.