• lemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    And for donations to Wikileaks, we don’t want the government to be able to reverse or block them. That’s what PayPal did with then before Bitcoin was invented.

    I don’t think that Bitcoin can or should replace the current system, but it can be an addition for rarer cases.

    But yes: Most of the other blockchain stuff is just completely useless and therefore not used.

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 months ago

      Crypto actually is really useful for evading the law, yes, and so it’s good for donating to underground organizations (or to buy drugs or illegal services)

      But that’s about the only real use-case as far as I can tell

      • lemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 months ago

        Well, there are countries like Turkey with a currency that lost 95% of its value during the last 10 years. In such countries, Bitcoin is a way to have a currency that does not have a guarantee to ruin you. When your country has 60% inflation like Turkey, the deflation currency might be seen as a gift. So, this might be a legal use case…

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        3 months ago

        Crypto actually is really useful for evading the law

        That’s the only use case I’ve heard that makes sense. To be clear, sometimes it’s moral to break the law, but still…

        This came up in an episode of Cartoon Avatars and the specifics were basically, “I’m fleeing from my country and want to bring all my wealth with me over state boundaries without the possibility of it being stolen en route”.

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        3 months ago

        Alternative monetary systems that allow local communities to create elastic money based on trust or assets.

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            3 months ago

            Well that’s what an alternative monetary systems are.

            Like local exchange trading systems with a local currency.