• metaStatic@kbin.earth
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    3 months ago

    No one says cash is a scam because the finance bros on wall street use it to scam people in far worse ways.

    But for some reason it’s functionally impossible to separate crypto from the scamers who use it.

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      3 months ago

      Well, the crypto bros only seem to come up with scammy uses for crypto, whereas cash can be exchanged for goods and services.

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        3 months ago

        Since you missed the point of the comment above, scams exist for every currency. What crypto brings to the table is secure, as in cryptographically secured wallets keeping your digital access to funds yours alone, and decentralized, as in no government can rapidly devalue it or shut it down, multiple ledger finances.

        But yes, don’t buy the hip new coins because of any influencers, and don’t fall for “it’s never going back down” pump and dumps.