Would you consider finance to be an industry? Because crypto is the same thing without the legalized grift.
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pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 months agoI wouldn’t consider cryptocurrency an industry. At best, it’s unregulated stocks whose value is backed by speculation. At worst, it’s a waste of resources and a low-risk way for malware authors to profit off of victims.
Don’t get me wrong, though. AI is also deserving of the same treatment.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
maxinstuff@lemmy.world 2 months ago
For years crypto investors were warned that it was the wild west, and after everything that’s now happened do people still actually believe this?
FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 months ago
Note that the second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, no longer uses proof-of-work to validate its chain. So any regulations or data on electricity usage will be basically irrelevant to it.
randompasta@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Hopefully other crypto follows suit.