Comment on AI Is Starting to Look Like the Dot Com Bubble

• Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Being able to pay for things anonymously is very valuable to me and to many other people. That’s just one example of what this technology can be used for.

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  • zouden@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bitcoin isn’t anonymous yet it’s the most valuable crypto. Monero is barely used. Most crypto people just want to get rich, they don’t actually care about using it.

    100% a bubble

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    • Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I could go to the local ATM and buy Bitcoin anonymously right now. So, unlike a credit card, it can be used anonymously. Monero is better of course and it doesn’t matter how many people use it. Even if a store doesn’t accept it directly, you can use it to buy gift cards for any store.

      I don’t care what most crypto people do, it’s irrelevant, just like the price is irrelevant and doesn’t affect my ability to use this technology.

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      • primalanimist@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I could go to the local ATM and buy Bitcoin anonymously right now So you walk around the city with your face covered, only buy stuff with cash, and never ride in your personally owned vehicle or the vehicle of a friend?

        The ATM has a transaction time and your bitcoin transaction record. There are enough cameras in the cities near ATMs (for this very reason) that you can be tracked if the government found you as interesting as you think you might be.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s called ‘cash.’

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    • Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And for online payments?

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Mail cash in an envelope if you’re that concerned about it.

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