I used to be an old school supporter of cryptocurrency too, until that is when the scammers got their mitts into it and it went from a funny little technical hobby worth nothing to an overinflated shitfight that’s robbed many people of their life savings.
Honestly, the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem is a parody of its former self and nothing the original inventors of it wanted it to become.
Exactly, except not “the entire”, but “almost entire”?
Monero has been largely detached from CEXes, no companies, no middle men… Many users still have that idealism, a cypherpunk philosophy, that which Bitcoin tried to achieve originally. It’s community-based and crowd-funded… Some of that fund was stolen, so we’ve got to admit that the Monero community was not so smart after all… Yeah, a bit embarrassing tbh. To err is human, I guess.
For example, we do have a zero-fee donation site kuno.anne.media and recently help some girl buy a laptop or doing things like that. Some of Monero users are idealists by nature, maybe silly dreamers or naive philosophers, but definitely not greedy HODLERs. Weird people, either way, haha 😅
I actually used to think crypto is a “weird fad and some thing people use to try getting rich”. But then sanctions happened, and now I ADORE Monero. It allows me to easily pay for things I would’ve otherwise had to jump through hoops for. I am so happy that we at least somewhat have a payment system that can’t be controlled)
I know exactly what Monaro is and you’re not looking at it objectively but as a holder and fan. But that’s okay I guess, as long as you’re not involved in the scams and just like it for what it is. However, you sound a lot like someone preaching about some religion to others and you should be aware of that.
Sorry if I sounded unpleasant. I’m not holding Monero, I actually use it (just like one may use Paypal), is all. Still, as you can see I’m from Monero.town, so obviously I’m a fan. Guilty as charged!
I’ve actually been “preaching” about privacy to my friends, but they’re typically like “Google is fine. I have nothing to hide.” Or about PGP (in vain). But I wouldn’t preach about (recommend) the privacy coin to regular people. Like you pointed out, it’s controversial and risky. As a long time user, I know too well about both sides of this.
I was into “cool techy nerd thing before it was used to fleece people” thing. When scammers started ripping people off with it we referred to them as shitcoins and a Bitcoin was worth basically nothing.
I used to be an old school supporter of cryptocurrency too, until that is when the scammers got their mitts into it and it went from a funny little technical hobby worth nothing to an overinflated shitfight that’s robbed many people of their life savings.
Honestly, the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem is a parody of its former self and nothing the original inventors of it wanted it to become.
Exactly, except not “the entire”, but “almost entire”?
Monero has been largely detached from CEXes, no companies, no middle men… Many users still have that idealism, a cypherpunk philosophy, that which Bitcoin tried to achieve originally. It’s community-based and crowd-funded… Some of that fund was stolen, so we’ve got to admit that the Monero community was not so smart after all… Yeah, a bit embarrassing tbh. To err is human, I guess.
For example, we do have a zero-fee donation site kuno.anne.media and recently help some girl buy a laptop or doing things like that. Some of Monero users are idealists by nature, maybe silly dreamers or naive philosophers, but definitely not greedy HODLERs. Weird people, either way, haha 😅
I actually used to think crypto is a “weird fad and some thing people use to try getting rich”. But then sanctions happened, and now I ADORE Monero. It allows me to easily pay for things I would’ve otherwise had to jump through hoops for. I am so happy that we at least somewhat have a payment system that can’t be controlled)
I know exactly what Monaro is and you’re not looking at it objectively but as a holder and fan. But that’s okay I guess, as long as you’re not involved in the scams and just like it for what it is. However, you sound a lot like someone preaching about some religion to others and you should be aware of that.
Sorry if I sounded unpleasant. I’m not holding Monero, I actually use it (just like one may use Paypal), is all. Still, as you can see I’m from Monero.town, so obviously I’m a fan. Guilty as charged!
I’ve actually been “preaching” about privacy to my friends, but they’re typically like “Google is fine. I have nothing to hide.” Or about PGP (in vain). But I wouldn’t preach about (recommend) the privacy coin to regular people. Like you pointed out, it’s controversial and risky. As a long time user, I know too well about both sides of this.
The nice thing about the unregulated cryptocurrencies is that everyone loose exactly how much they deserve to loose. No more.
loooooose
There are words that I always spell out wrong unless I do a double check before posting.
However, I’ve heard somewhere, that this is not necessarily a mistake. Just a language evolving. So I’m not fixing it. /s
edit: Jesus, I did it twice. I wouldn’t be so mad if it wasn’t a post in which I try to act so smug.
So you were into “let’s invent a fake money so we can get other people’s money” as a thing?
I was into “cool techy nerd thing before it was used to fleece people” thing. When scammers started ripping people off with it we referred to them as shitcoins and a Bitcoin was worth basically nothing.