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Every time a crypto article is posted there are a large amount of people who are only capable of thinking in absolutes like you.* I don't think it's a very goo

Every time a crypto article is posted there are a large amount of people who are only capable of thinking in absolutes like you.* I don't think it's a very good currency (in the tx time/volume sense), but I think viewing crypto's viability as an all-or-nothing game is unreasonable--that includes both those for it and those against it. As for your assertions about failures: - CEXs have failed (in the worst way possible too, see MtGox, BTC-e, FTX), but that doesn't mean they have all failed--or that there isn't a future for them. - Hardware wallets haven't failed at all really. Like, Trezor and Ledger are the largest I think, and those are fine AFAIK. Are you referring to Ledger's recent news with the optional update including a backdoor for those that want to sync keys with Ledger's new service? (Seems like a dumb business decision imho, seems oxymoronic--hardware wallet as a service? lol) - Soft wallets have been hacked and are risky, but I think the success rate here is pretty high. A large percent of crypto users use soft wallets like Brave's Wallet and MetaMask, the vast majority of these are fine AFAIK. Not exactly safe IMO, but considering the amount of people who use them and haven't been hacked, this is certainly not an obvious "failure" Also, unrelated to crypto, but reducing people who disagree with you to "kool-aid drinkers" and "accidentally correct people" is a negative life choice IMO * I think you are capable of not thinking in absolutes, I just wanted to be mean on the internet

hdjjhhvvhga 3y ago
> * I think you are capable of not thinking in absolutes, I just wanted to be mean on the internet While I disagree with your post, that last frank comment made me smile.
EdwardDiego 3y ago
Maybe they're a Sith. But hey, the dark side is a pathway to abilities many consider... unnatural.
- downvotetruth 3y ago
  Not equal "thinking" and "deal in" are
- dragontamer 3y ago
  Only a Sith thinks in absolutes. Also, Yoda, who made the absolute statement describing Sith. Ergo, Yoda is a Sith Lord. Also, taking philosophy from Hollywood movies is a bad idea. That's entertainment, not ethics, philosophy, or morals. Its overall very shallow in terms of thinking. And I don't think anyone ever thought Star Wars Episode 3 was a thoughtful deep movie. --------- The philosophical discussion of moral relativity vs moral absolutism is hundreds of years old IIRC. Plenty of ethical people believe in absolutes. Plenty of other ethical people prefer moral relativism. I don't think we'd settle the discussion here in any case. Bypassing the absolute vs relativism discussion for a second, it has become abundantly clear that major cryptocoin groups, from Mt. Gox, to FTX, to Voyager, to Celsius, to Binance and more... have stolen funds from their users and otherwise mismanaged money. And not in a "kinda-similar way to banks". I mean completely, and utterly lied about their operations entirely, to a way unfathomable to mainstream finance groups (be it a bank, shareholder, bondholder or more). The cryptocoin world needs to learn how to establish trust in its system. The primary currency of banks isn't money, but trust. (Mostly: trust that your money will come back). Cryptocoiners have failed time-and-time again. ---------- If we think in terms of absolutism, I think we can say that lying and stealing from others is universally wrong. As FTX did to its customers. If we discuss moral relativism, cryptocoins are *relatively* more stealing / less reliable / more cheating than their competitors at Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, and other such financial institutions. SIVB and FRC got all their money back, but we all know someone who lost money at Mt. Gox, Celsius, Voyager, or FTX, right? So its a lose-lose regardless of your personal stance on the matter.
hluska 3y ago
What did you gain from being mean on the internet?
- DigiDigiorno 3y ago
  A little bit closer to my lifelong dream of being able to downvote people on HN. (You need >500 karma--I only have 200 as of writing this)
  - hluska 3y ago
    That’s the most pathetic thing I’ve heard all year.
    - DigiDigiorno 3y ago
      If only I could downvote you (I'm just kidding btw, and my last message is missing the /s too)

hdjjhhvvhga 3y ago

> * I think you are capable of not thinking in absolutes, I just wanted to be mean on the internet While I disagree with your post, that last frank comment made me smile.

EdwardDiego 3y ago

Maybe they're a Sith. But hey, the dark side is a pathway to abilities many consider... unnatural.

downvotetruth 3y ago
Not equal "thinking" and "deal in" are
dragontamer 3y ago
Only a Sith thinks in absolutes. Also, Yoda, who made the absolute statement describing Sith. Ergo, Yoda is a Sith Lord. Also, taking philosophy from Hollywood movies is a bad idea. That's entertainment, not ethics, philosophy, or morals. Its overall very shallow in terms of thinking. And I don't think anyone ever thought Star Wars Episode 3 was a thoughtful deep movie. --------- The philosophical discussion of moral relativity vs moral absolutism is hundreds of years old IIRC. Plenty of ethical people believe in absolutes. Plenty of other ethical people prefer moral relativism. I don't think we'd settle the discussion here in any case. Bypassing the absolute vs relativism discussion for a second, it has become abundantly clear that major cryptocoin groups, from Mt. Gox, to FTX, to Voyager, to Celsius, to Binance and more... have stolen funds from their users and otherwise mismanaged money. And not in a "kinda-similar way to banks". I mean completely, and utterly lied about their operations entirely, to a way unfathomable to mainstream finance groups (be it a bank, shareholder, bondholder or more). The cryptocoin world needs to learn how to establish trust in its system. The primary currency of banks isn't money, but trust. (Mostly: trust that your money will come back). Cryptocoiners have failed time-and-time again. ---------- If we think in terms of absolutism, I think we can say that lying and stealing from others is universally wrong. As FTX did to its customers. If we discuss moral relativism, cryptocoins are *relatively* more stealing / less reliable / more cheating than their competitors at Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, and other such financial institutions. SIVB and FRC got all their money back, but we all know someone who lost money at Mt. Gox, Celsius, Voyager, or FTX, right? So its a lose-lose regardless of your personal stance on the matter.

hluska 3y ago

What did you gain from being mean on the internet?

DigiDigiorno 3y ago
A little bit closer to my lifelong dream of being able to downvote people on HN. (You need >500 karma--I only have 200 as of writing this)
- hluska 3y ago
  That’s the most pathetic thing I’ve heard all year.
  - DigiDigiorno 3y ago
    If only I could downvote you (I'm just kidding btw, and my last message is missing the /s too)