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Bitcoin allowed me to quickly send money to a war zone (Ukraine) without dependency on a banking system. Wiring money overseas is a slow and precarious experience even in the best circumstances, and I was stoked to bypass all of that. That's innovation.

Then there's a surreal amount of noise. The hundreds of altcoins, the blockchain buzzword, insane speculation, insane energy use and carbon emissions, drama about losing funds.

So yes, I'd like to cut down the noise so we can focus on the innovations.



we did that too but with donations towards an African country.


yes. people see crypto as scams until they actually learn about real world usage.

try sending money anywhere in the world by going to your bank.

also, everyone pretends that the current financial system is perfect and works just fine until it all of a sudden does not work for them.

are there scams out there? yes. are there a bazillion cryptocurrencies, some of which make 0 sense? yes.

Is crypto as a whole a bad thing? hard no.




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