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A scam that uses cryptocurrency is not evidence of anything except that scams can use any currency they choose and that there is a sucker born every minute.
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It's not just the crypto issuers either. The fees they charge make those crypto exchange apps super profitable. My friend bought a couple hundred of some crypto and paid more in fees than what he bought. 
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Similar things said about the internet.
About NOBODY will pay $400 for a PHONE!
yes, there are sh!t coins out there. Avoid them.
go to https://hope.com/ to learn the basics, and how to view it.
In the end, it's the inverse of a ponzi scheme (our Fractional Reserve Banking is an actual
Ponzi Scheme). [Think about it this way, briefly: if our govt charged banks 1% each time they
LEVERED up (most banks lever 15-30 times. That is they BORROW 1500%-3000% of their assets.
And make a few percent off of each lever)... if they paid 1% (actually a scaled percent that
increased would cause them to offer better savings rates)... Then the GOVT would actually COLLECT ~15% interest on the MONEY THEY BORROW from the Fed at 3-5%. And they could pay down the debt quickly.
But bankers don't like Govts who are NOT IN DEBT to them].
So, with block-chain. It's HARD to lever the money. it's hard to play shell games or kite checks.
There is a public record of your account(s) [anonymously not tied to you, but they can be. Blockchain for crimes is STUPID, it's permanent, and the flow of money is perfectly traceable].
Anyways, it's a store of value. What value? Well, MINING for new coins takes REAL resources. It's better than break-even so lots of mining. But there is a FINITE NUMBER of BTC (~22 million)... No more after they are all mined.
But it can store value. it's easy to move/transact.
It is the DIGITIZATION (or dematerialiation) of money. Just like EMAIL was the digitization of inter office mail, and the internet dematerialized photos (along with phones). When was the last time you printed all of your photos?
So, no one country can control it. (SWIFT system is used to PUNISH countries, it's how they enforce embargoes).
Where else could we use a PERFECT, NEAR REAL-TIME Chain of Custody, with strong Encryption?
The fact that the VERY BANKERS downplaying this have been paying KEY DEVELOPERS for 4-6 YEARS should tell you something.
Also, for you STRONG Programmers out there. if you want a job with a raise. You should STRONGLY consider looking into the space. They are growing quickly, and hiring...
It's the internet, all over again. And yes, SOME Sh!t Coins (Doge, Shiba) will probably not last. But I imagine BTC, ETH, LTC and many stable coins will be here for the rest of our lives.
There will be LITTLE reason to use a bank. Think about it. Right now, a DEBIT card is the closest thing to compare a BlockChain wallet to. So, suggesting blockchain will just fall apart, to me, is like suggesting that Credit and Debit Cards would NEVER catch on, because the PLASTIC CARD has NO VALUE!!!
HTH
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The fact that mining for cryptocurrency takes real resources doesn't make it a "store" of value. You take a whole bunch of electrical energy and turn it into bitcoin and entropy. You can't get that electrical energy back, and you're stuck with the massive amount of emissions that it causes.
I also wouldn't view ordinary currency as a "store" of value - more an agreed representation of value. But where bitcoin pretty much only represents an amount of dollars agreed amongst people who buy bitcoin, ordinary currency (since it is generally used to purchase actual stuff) is a representation agreed amongst pretty much all the consumers and producers in the country or on the planet.
Is there anyone that actually buys bitcoin for any other reason than the expectation that it's price will go up and they can make money (ie. actual dollars) on it?
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There is something wrong with blockchain, you make a transaction, and it is written in a block and whole world has to verify this block and store it forever. This makes transactions slow and expensive, albeit secure. Then you have to invent L2 solutions, and they are getting expensive too. You might say SWIFT transactions are expensive, but at least they're predictable.
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The whole world doesn't have to agree. The majority of the blockchain has to confirm or make consensus.
And this is because VERY smart hackers/people will transact the SAME $ in china and in the USA at the same time. ONLY ONE of those transactions can succeed. The other one has to be stopped, or you have a duplicate spend.
Banks, for years (Decades), have dealt with bad checks and bouncing them. Or Kiting. These are the same problems in a TRUSTLESS environment.
The part you are leaving out is TRUSTLESS (Decentralized). We are living in a new Era where one misstep and YOUR credit cards can be turned off, your access to banking systems can be turned off. I know people who have had their bank accounts frozen. Private WALLETS prevent those actions, and the govt HATES that. (now, via KYC, they get this back at Coinbase, etc (on/off ramps).
Do you remember how expensive SLOW internet used to be? How unstable it was. Blockchain is going through it's growing pains. It is being figured out. Side chains (L2/L3) will be a key answer. Also, realize that Credit cards work by using "CREDIT" and charging 2%-3% against the seller on EVERY transaction. That's way too high to move money.
So, Credit Cards are Side chains, run by multiple companies (semi-decentralized), for your current banking account. And you settle once a month.
Do you remember TeleCheck? Do you remember the PAPER CC# books before the electronic? The carbon Paper copies of signed receipts, used to steal credit card numbers all the time...
No... because we moved on. We got better.
Blockchain is simply workings it's way through similar hurdles.
But also a FAILURE of our education system to explain that the Federal Reserve is NEITHER Federal, nor do they have ANY Reserves (and hence, had to be bailed out by the govt, and got to STEAL the stock of good banks that did not go bankrupt, to bolster themselves back up).
For me, ALL Govt Transactions should be through the blockchain. Then we would know if money was LITERALLY going from the USA, to Ukraine, to specific companies, to specific individuals... But we could SEE ALL OF IT, and KNOW WHEN it happened.
Also, unlike the stock exchanges, who publish the true volume of trades at EOD, so big players are allowed to trade with market makers, so they don't "Move" the market (ie, tip their hands).
These transactions are public.
Finally, realized that JPM has their own Coin. The banks are coming into this. The local banks will be squeezed out the same way Google squeezed out advertisers.
SWIFT transactions are CENTRALLY Controlled. Wanna send money to someone in a blocked country. Start explaining yourself, or risk indictment. China and Russia are moving away from SWIFT for their transactions.
Money and Economy should not be controlled for "strangers" or "Governments", especially "Foreign Governments". It's private property (Individually Owned).
When the average person realizes they do NOT OWN the money in their bank accounts, and that the FDIC has barely enough money to save the banks in a SINGLE CITY... Much less the whole country or even a full state. Furthermore less than 1% of our Total Available Dollars are IN PRINTED FORM. Meaning they have levered up 99% of the money digitally, and that's why 99% of our original buying power is gone.
SWIFT, FWIW, is predictable by about the 2nd or 3rd Attempt. Having sent a FEW HUNDRED Wires, the first time you send a wire, especially out of country, through multiple intermediary banks, is a NIGHTMARE. With Blockchain, I need the ADDRESS and the AMOUNT. The network figures it out.
But it is a bit slow, and too expensive for normal transactions. But I see a world coming where your credit card only gives you the credit you can prove you have (ie, more like a debit card), where if you are actually using the CREDIT side, you are charged interested like a cash transaction).
Furthermore, it will get to the point that the SELLER will have a choice. Pay 0.35 + 1%-2%, or pay a very nominal blockchain fee (Lightning), and even less if you setup a Node in your store, or a node across your many stores... (When they get to 1/10th of the CC fees, they will RAPIDLY be adopted, IMO)
Let's see how this post ages 
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Ability to print money might seem evil, but alternatives, like gold, sliver, etc. lead to deflation which is 100 times worse for economy than inflation. I agree all crypto is in it's nappies, many problems but I can't see how they will be solved.
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When you realized that SAVINGS are stored Calories (or stored prior work effort).
Deflation is the NATURAL Evolution of a growing Society.
Everything gets cheaper, over time, because we learn more efficient ways, over time.
Deflation is GREAT for savers. Inflation is only good for the Bankers and Debtors.
Fun fact. The more people we bring out of poverty, the larger the wealth gap becomes.
It's mathematical tautology. (The distance from the top to the middle expands as the bottom expands).
But I would MUCH PREFER Deflation. I could actually retire now.
But calculate what you need to retire at your current living standard. For 30 years.
Now do it with
-5%, 0%, 5%, 10% annual inflation.
and YES they lie about the inflation being lower than it really is. ENERGY and FOOD are 2 things WE MUST purchase to live.
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Exactly.
One of the Crypto Guys has a phrase: Inflation is Theft.
It truly is.
Wrap your head around joining a poker game. You buy in your chips for $100k.
In fact, 10 people do. So there is a $1mln pot. That makes sense.
Now, 3 players show up, with their own chips, that are identical. From another table.
But you don't know, they were given to them. They play. Someone wins $1mln. They are happy.
But as you do the math, you realize there were 1.3 mln in chips.
That's monetary inflation. It drives the prices higher. Which pushes you into a higher tax bracket.
Imagine the govt looking and taxing you on the number of chips you made! and what their SUPPOSED original value was. Not what you collect. (That part is transparent when you don't exchange the chips, like we do not with our currency).
I think BleedLove is the guys name. He's sharp. And Michael Saylor at hope.com covers why you should be looking into crypto.
As Programmers: Money Supply that is controlled by CODE, so it cannot be expanded/inflated.
This is the OPPOSITE of Globalists View of a currency they control.
We are taught to believe lies. Like gold has no value. Yet bankers are buying it. (Because the dollar is losing value, and Gold is an asset).
Finally, I use this stuff. It is far easier for me to pay someone with Coins, than with Wire Transfers. Now, some coins are cheaper than the wire transfer. Lately, BTC and ETH are not...
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I am thinking that our whole monetary system is such.
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Yup, the case of Squid Game cryptocurrency showed us how cryptocurrencies are scam, in general. Most people have difficulty in trusting certain countries currency and keeping their money in that currency. Many people in my country choose to save money in SGD or USD.
Yet people believe in crypto currencies, which is not backed by any country, but run by an anonymous?
Now it finally happened: The maker can simply close the whole thing and run away with everyone's money. I hope more people's eyes are opened after this.
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Daniel Will wrote: Now it finally happened: The maker can simply close the whole thing and run away with everyone's money. I hope more people's eyes are opened after this.
Man... are you trustful.
This is exactly the same as with the cloud... and do you see any trend towards reduction?
Einstein told it about not being sure about the infinite of the space  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Yeah, except that BTC is not centrally run. All of the miners would have to quit.
And they don't take the money and run... They lose their investment.
You are 100% right. There are tons of sh!tcoins out there. Avoid them.
Here is the good part. You can tell. If the coin has no upper limit in it's supply (like BTC does),
how does it maintain scarcity?
Next, ETH has (had) this issue, But through burning fees, and by design, it is becoming deflationary.
Finally, you can buy a fraction of coin. Just to track it. Never risk more than you can afford to lose, or an amount that affects your sleep at night.
But when you go down this Rabbit hole, you realize that bankers used the current banking structure to SUCK VAST sums of value out of our economies, to line their own pockets. They are the middlemen in all transactions, and there is no need for a central bank. And especially a DEBT based society.
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You can't get higher than monkey around og drug (6)
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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58 minutes and counting ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I had to after yesterdays one 
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nope, damnit - I've forgotten the solution ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I've been giving it two hours and still nobody posts - do you think it may have run its course ?
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Maybe it's just Monday, or Half Term for schools? I dunno ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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So I'm using visual studio and it seems to randomly replace spaces in my text with character 160 when i do clipboard operations with it. Not all the time, mind you, but I haven't figured out exactly what happens to make it do that yet.
Normally, I wouldn't care. Whitespace is whitespace, and it's all unicode right?
Well no. SQL's parser does not accept character 160 as whitespace. Worse, it gives you weird errors around it.
For example:
SET @cc = CASE @ch WHEN 9 THEN (((@cc - 1) / @tabWidth) + 1) * @tabWidth + 1 WHEN 10 THEN 1 WHEN 13 THEN 1 ELSE @cc END
This said I needed to declare the variable '@ch'
The real issue was that variable was surrounded by char# 160's
Do they not dogfood their tools? How am I the first person to run into this?
Real programmers use butterflies
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I haven't seen that behavior but I will do some testing to see if it pops up. That will infuriating if it does because character 160 will likely cause isspace and isblank to fail and no longer be in compliance with standards : <cctype> (ctype.h) - C++ Reference[^]
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I just noticed it today. It's weird, and it isn't the SQL editor directly.
I have these ".template" files, like "CompiledTokenizer.sql.template" that generates sql output, but the template file itself uses ASP-like syntax with <%,<%= and %>
In this template I do a bunch of crazy things by walking state machines to render thousands of lines of stored proc code.
But when I'm pasting around that .template file is when the 160s crop up. Even if I paste into it from the SQL editor and then copy out of it, I'll get 160s.
The .template file isn't a recognized format by visual studio. I tried naming it .asp and even .aspx to give me so highlighting, but that only did the *client* code, and if anything I want the server code highlighted, so I just named it .template and editing it as a POTF instead of anything fancy.
I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I'm grasping.
Real programmers use butterflies
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