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I looked it up. 6% of Americans don’t have a bank account. Doesn’t say whether they could go ahead and get one, or they choose not to. Sizable?

brianwawok 6y ago
The 6% of people without bank accounts are often the least wealthy, more sick part of our population (basically, the people that need protected). They do NOT have the technical skill to manage a bitcoin wallet. If anything it points even MORE to why we should not use crypto.
soco 6y ago
Correct me please if I'm wrong, but I'd say most of those folks not served by a bank wouldn't have the skills to manage bitcoins either.
eanzenberg 6y ago
Thank you for the downvotes. The neo-commies are out in full force here these days.
- dang 6y ago
  Would you please start respecting the site guidelines? We've cut you a ton of slack and given you a ton of warnings. If you keep violating them, such as by posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments, we're going to have to ban you. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I mean, seriously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24213951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24213951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23717834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23717834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22815833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22815833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19872246 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19872246 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16703618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16703618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16314542 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16314542 ("we've warned you about this several times before") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15265824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15265824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14918125 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14918125 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12756676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12756676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12554500 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12554500 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11812475 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11812475
  - brianwawok 6y ago
    Did not see deleting post between this and mine, was real confused what I did... Keep up the good work dang
    - pvg 6y ago
      The comment was flagged dead, not deleted. You can turn on 'showdead' in your settings to see dead comments.
    - dang 6y ago
      Sorry about that! This confusion has come up before, and it's a really bad one when it hits. Can you suggest anything that would have made the situation clear to you in the first place?
      - diggernet 6y ago
        Coming in late here, but addressing your target by name would probably add a lot of clarity in these cases.
  - swyx 6y ago
    wow, you're very tolerant dang. i woulda hit the banhammer the 3rd or 4th time.
blaser-waffle 6y ago
Is this 6% of all USA-ians, or 6% of adults? I don't expect most 10 year olds to have chequing accounts, and if we're talking about about all Americans I'm honestly surprised it's not higher, taking into account da yout, those who are mentally/physically infirm, and those folks who just don't trust banking.

brianwawok 6y ago

The 6% of people without bank accounts are often the least wealthy, more sick part of our population (basically, the people that need protected). They do NOT have the technical skill to manage a bitcoin wallet. If anything it points even MORE to why we should not use crypto.

soco 6y ago

Correct me please if I'm wrong, but I'd say most of those folks not served by a bank wouldn't have the skills to manage bitcoins either.

eanzenberg 6y ago

Thank you for the downvotes. The neo-commies are out in full force here these days.

dang 6y ago
Would you please start respecting the site guidelines? We've cut you a ton of slack and given you a ton of warnings. If you keep violating them, such as by posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments, we're going to have to ban you. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I mean, seriously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24213951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24213951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23717834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23717834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22815833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22815833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19872246 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19872246 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16703618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16703618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16314542 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16314542 ("we've warned you about this several times before") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15265824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15265824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14918125 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14918125 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12756676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12756676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12554500 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12554500 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11812475 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11812475
- brianwawok 6y ago
  Did not see deleting post between this and mine, was real confused what I did... Keep up the good work dang
  - pvg 6y ago
    The comment was flagged dead, not deleted. You can turn on 'showdead' in your settings to see dead comments.
  - dang 6y ago
    Sorry about that! This confusion has come up before, and it's a really bad one when it hits. Can you suggest anything that would have made the situation clear to you in the first place?
    - diggernet 6y ago
      Coming in late here, but addressing your target by name would probably add a lot of clarity in these cases.
- swyx 6y ago
  wow, you're very tolerant dang. i woulda hit the banhammer the 3rd or 4th time.

blaser-waffle 6y ago

Is this 6% of all USA-ians, or 6% of adults? I don't expect most 10 year olds to have chequing accounts, and if we're talking about about all Americans I'm honestly surprised it's not higher, taking into account da yout, those who are mentally/physically infirm, and those folks who just don't trust banking.