Nobody dare talk about the oil companies.

Why don't we switch to hemp instead of plastic to begin with?

A dollar deposited into a bank in the US in 2022 is a dollar you'll still have in the bank in 2052.

That's the value proposition of the US (and couple of other countries) and it still holds true.

Ahem... 2008 as well as several other years and Econ 101 would like to have a word with you...

People lost money in their savings accounts in 2008?

It will only be worth half as much, though.

That's the cost of liquidity. You can buy a 30-year TIPS with a real yield over 1.5%.

We can't know that.

Sure, Binance could run off with your money tomorrow if they wanted you, but if you keep most of your money in your actual Bitcoin wallet and only deposit what you need to, your money is 100% safe.

Big lesson learned from Mtgox.

Unfortunately wallets have their cons too, and there are a lot of people who have lost their passwords or thumbdrives and thus access to their crypto.

No silver bullet.

Web3auth/Torus and Argent trying to solve that problem.

But yeah, the moment you have key recovery, even if it's decentralised and requires multiple parties, you aren't 100% in charge anymore.

But, it's probably a good alternative to being 0% in charge with custodial wallets.

Didn't the Mtgox people finally get their BTC back but only after a few years and the price 100x'd ironically? Either way, diversify ones portfolio including where the moneys are kept.

Don’t know if distribution has happened yet. But there were at least a few investors buying claims, so plenty of people were able to cash out.

You could say that’s actually a better outcome than losing your private key.

100% safe from some forms of loss but you still have various risks associated with passwords, key phrases, wallet phrases, software bugs, backups, etc.

Is Monero shielded from this?

No, however it is resistant to conventional forms of analysis via UTXO and tx hash given the nature of stealth inputs.

One drawback to Monero specifically though are light-blocks, which unfortunately fingerprint the user as they cross from TOR<->clearnet or start/stop the daemon sync process. Announcing which transactions you have in your current sync state announces which daemons you're speaking to and where you're located via process of elimination.

What processor does yours have?

Coup or revolution will always depend on who you ask.

Be careful what you wish for.

Change must come from the bottom up, or just f*cking flee.

Sanctions do nothing.

> Deposits USD into ponzi scam

> USD is bad!!11

Does not compute.

Skype

The crypto use case is bitcoin.

Everything you can do elsewhere you can do it in Bitcoin, and safer.

Not bitcoin? Not your coins.