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shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 month agoThat is also not 100% true. There are several altcoins with fantastic utility. Monero and Ethereum come to mind.
Comment on Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 month agoThat is also not 100% true. There are several altcoins with fantastic utility. Monero and Ethereum come to mind.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Exactly. Most cryptocurrencies are scams, but a handful are fantastic. Ethereum is cool for being proof-of-stake (so no high-energy mining), and Monero is cool for being super privacy-oriented. There are a handful more, but honestly, if you stick with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Monero, you’ll be fine.
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
That’s pretty much exactly my thought. I hold a very very small amount in Polygon, but only in order to pay the gas fees for the Polygon network. So I never have more than a few US dollars worth in it at a time.