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Flip it. Why should they trust anything else? They don't, so crypto being untrustworthy doesn't particularly stand out from the stock market, where you can also easily fuck up and lose your shirt without ever quite understanding what you've gotten into. See: options.


My bank account is insured by the government up to 250k. To trust the banking system is to trust the government.


You probably don't mean it to, but this reinforces my point. You trust the government? I sure don't.


I trust the government more than I trust the blockchain.


Bad call.

Governments can change things. Blockchain is eternal.


I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the DAO rollback


I am a Bitcoiner, and I don’t really care for that premine coin eth. Lots of scams on that platform too.


Which blockchain will be eternal?


Bitcoin will outlive you and me. Lots of others too probably.


You realize that bitcoin has a bandwidth of about 1 KB/s, which is less than a 28.8 modem right?

https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/size-btc.html#1y




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