• Gigan@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I treat it like a security for now. I’d like to use it as a currency at some point in the future after it has more widespread adoption. I see it kind of like the internet in the late 80’s/early 90’s right now.

    I’m not an expert on the technical hurdles, but I think the lightning network can resolve most scalability problems.

    I can’t speak for everyone, but I have faith it won’t go to zero because I think it solves a real problem and that people find it useful. As a crypto it is unique because it has first mover advantage and is completely decentralized. And the longer it’s around, the less likely it is to go to zero.

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        11 months ago

        It’s secure and it’s decentralized. No other currency offers both. If you don’t mind trusting banks and governments to manage the money system its not a big deal. But when they fuck it up, it’s the average person that suffers. Taking that power away from them is good for humanity in my opinion.

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          11 months ago

          Now let’s talk about how good for humanity its carbon footprint is.

          Bitcoin—the world’s oldest and most popular form of cryptocurrency, with a total market value that topped $1.3 trillion—now eats up half a percentage point of all the electricity consumed in the world. That puts it on par with the usage of the entire country of Sweden. In fact, Google could power all of its global operations on that amount of energy, seven times over. In comparison with more traditional online banking, a single bitcoin has the same carbon footprint as 330,000 credit card transactions.

          https://www.nrdc.org/stories/crypto-has-climate-problem

          Note, that’s from February of 2022. The problem has only grown since then.

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          11 months ago

          It isn’t secure: web3isgoingreat.com

          And decentralisation is not something you want from a currency. All money used to be decentralised. Now we are encountering the same issues with crypto as we have had in the past with real money.

          It is basically reinventing the wheel while claiming wood is the better material for the spokes.