Also, after reading, I have noting to rebut, I thought it was a balanced take.
My main thought is reflected in the article, which is basically privacy good, and that you can’t have the good without the bad. To me, that doesn’t make Monero something that shouldn’t exist, society just needs to accept that enabling privacy preservation comes with trade offs.
I think my only bone to pick here is that it throws all illicit usage of crypto in the same category, which just isn’t a good mental model. DNMs are just not bad for society on the same level that hundreds of millions of hacked money flowing in to North Korea’s missile program is. DNMs I feel like are a neutral force because in many ways they help reduce harm as it relates to drugs while also causing new harm through the dark SaSS products sold on there. NK building nukes is pure bad.
so_pitted_wabam@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Link didn’t open for me, which is a shame because I wanted to rebut this 👀
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Try this one.
archive.is/mun7S
so_pitted_wabam@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Nice, thank you! That one worked!
Also, after reading, I have noting to rebut, I thought it was a balanced take.
My main thought is reflected in the article, which is basically privacy good, and that you can’t have the good without the bad. To me, that doesn’t make Monero something that shouldn’t exist, society just needs to accept that enabling privacy preservation comes with trade offs.
I think my only bone to pick here is that it throws all illicit usage of crypto in the same category, which just isn’t a good mental model. DNMs are just not bad for society on the same level that hundreds of millions of hacked money flowing in to North Korea’s missile program is. DNMs I feel like are a neutral force because in many ways they help reduce harm as it relates to drugs while also causing new harm through the dark SaSS products sold on there. NK building nukes is pure bad.