also we got hacked, you lost all your bipcoins sorry
aaaaaaaaand - it’s gone!
Web3 was about enabling us to securely transfer value between people digitally and without middlemen.
It’s ironic that the middlemen showed up anyway and busted all the security of those transfers
You want some bipcoin to buy weed drugs on the slip road? Don’t bother figuring out how to set up that wallet shit, come to our nifty token exchange where you can buy and sell all kinds of bipcoins
oh btw every government on the planet showed up and dug through our insecure records. hope you weren’t actually buying shroom drugs on the slip rod
also we got hacked, you lost all your bipcoins sorry
At least, that’s my recollection of events. I was getting my illegal narcotics the old fashioned way.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 1 day ago
the old fashioned way.
A whole swath of trained toads using a special made tube network?
0x0@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Swallows actually.
tourist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
getting into a car with a stranger who said he was 15 minutes away two hours ago
jjlinux@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
You were there too? 😜
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
Holy shit do I not miss that lifestyle
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nah, they clearly meant in liquid form.
very_well_lost@lemmy.world 1 day ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
Maybe I’m slow today, but what is this referencing? Most dark web sites use Monero. Is there some centralized token that people use instead?
nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Satoshi was right and Crypto absolutely has valid use cases. What if your government doesn’t want you accessing meds you need at prices you can afford? What if your government doesn’t like your sexual orientation, but you want a subscription to a dating site? What if your government throws up unjust export controls or tariffs that suddenly make you and your business impossible?
Crypto’s best killer use case is uncensorable, untraceable money
Bitcoin is neither of those things. There is a reason people buy heroin with Monero. It actually does what crypto is supposed to do, which means it could safeguard your Grindr XTRA subscription.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
Yeah Monero is just cool, tech-wise
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
I think it refers to custudial wallets and that it’s hard to obtain the useful coins without a KYC exchange (that also most often works as a custudial wallet).