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by api 997 days ago
You could decisively refute the naysayers by posting links to important things using crypto that are not just yet more gambling, speculation, etc.

I don’t care about the US dollar at all. It’s boring. The only reason I want them is to buy stuff.

Show me something that will make me want crypto if I don’t care about crypto. (Other than gambling on crypto.)

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Yes I agree, right now it’s mostly financial sector and a techie playground for all kinds of questionable behavior, and that’s ok…. Lots of new tech starts that way.

Think how when nuclear fission was discovered and first made into terrifying destructive weapon and over a decade later into something useful and more practical like power plants.

The tech behind it is what excites me, and that is still in its infancy and not going anywhere, by its very design. The possibilities are endless with it and yes even the thing that excites you will be on there… eventually.

Applications will come, no doubt. When normie users are onboarded transparently it will be a game changer.

We still have ways to go and a lot to build and think about but the future is bright, regardless of what any country thinks or decides to do regulation wise.