“The biggest Ponzi of all time”: why Ben McKenzie became a crypto critic
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Great to see comments like this on HN:
"curiousgal 5 hours ago | prev | next [–]
> Bitcoin and crypto is only marketing. It’s only a story
It's interesting when people make such blanket statements because then all you need is one counterexample to prove them wrong. When I was a teeneager in a third world country with a pegged and tightly controlled currency, Bitcoin was the only way I could pay for books and servers online. It was thanks to Bitcoin that I truly felt connected to the rest of the world. To me Bitcoin was a currency and nothing can take that away from me.
Whether or not that still holds today is arguable but to claim something is outright useless just because you haven't found a valid use for it is narrow-minded."
Distinguish #Bitcoin from the rest and you'll realize how wrong you're.