> There is absolutely zero legal usecase for cryptocurrencies. None. "oh but it might be useful for doing-" you are wrong. Full stop.
What's with the dismissive, ignorant and hostile attitude? There are plenty of legal businesses that will accept cryptocurrencies - Mullvad VPN for example.
> Cryptocurrencies have many great uses. You can gamble with them, you can buy drugs with them [...]
Why are you surprised? Replace "cryptocurrencies" with "cash" and the same use cases apply, it's a currency after all, facilitating transactions is the core purpose of cryptocurrencies.
> EVERY SINGLE OTHER USE, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, is something that centralized systems already do well.
Yes, centralized systems handle most of our transactions just fine, most of the time. Do you expect people to have to argue in favor of choice while setting an impossibly high bar for any kind of competition?
What's with the dismissive, ignorant and hostile attitude? There are plenty of legal businesses that will accept cryptocurrencies - Mullvad VPN for example.
> Cryptocurrencies have many great uses. You can gamble with them, you can buy drugs with them [...]
Why are you surprised? Replace "cryptocurrencies" with "cash" and the same use cases apply, it's a currency after all, facilitating transactions is the core purpose of cryptocurrencies.
> EVERY SINGLE OTHER USE, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, is something that centralized systems already do well.
Yes, centralized systems handle most of our transactions just fine, most of the time. Do you expect people to have to argue in favor of choice while setting an impossibly high bar for any kind of competition?
Do you believe in freedom of speech?