Author Topic: politics of crypto (ban that crap) (Read 11595 times)

sys · « **Reply #100 on:** March 13, 2022, 06:45:55 PM »

ban that crap.

https://twitter.com/DigiEconomist/status/1503139538625044485

steve dave · « **Reply #101 on:** March 13, 2022, 08:04:58 PM »

that’s incredibly stupid

catastrophe · « **Reply #102 on:** March 13, 2022, 08:36:52 PM »

Yes a single transatlantic round trip creates a carbon footprint orders of magnitude greater than a bitcoin transaction, but I am still against banning such flights.

Justwin · « **Reply #103 on:** March 13, 2022, 09:48:03 PM »

Quote from: catastrophe on March 13, 2022, 08:36:52 PM

Yes a single transatlantic round trip creates a carbon footprint orders of magnitude greater than a bitcoin transaction, but I am still against banning such flights.

How many orders of magnitude are you implying?

wetwillie · « **Reply #104 on:** March 13, 2022, 09:52:54 PM »

I assume we are talking banning it from exchanges because LOL at banning mining it.

catastrophe · « **Reply #105 on:** March 13, 2022, 11:41:02 PM »

Quote from: Justwin on March 13, 2022, 09:48:03 PM

Quote from: catastrophe on March 13, 2022, 08:36:52 PM
Yes a single transatlantic round trip creates a carbon footprint orders of magnitude greater than a bitcoin transaction, but I am still against banning such flights.

How many orders of magnitude are you implying?

Look I don’t know how many people sit on a transatlantic flight but it sounded better than “many multiples” ok.

IPA4Me · « **Reply #106 on:** March 14, 2022, 01:14:34 PM »

Should ban clothes dryers first.

https://twitter.com/csuwildcat/status/1402753394951950339

chum1 · « **Reply #107 on:** March 14, 2022, 01:23:23 PM »

Elizabeth Warren, huh? Looks like sys is going to need to rethink his position now.

Justwin · « **Reply #108 on:** March 14, 2022, 01:24:54 PM »

Quote from: IPA4Me on March 14, 2022, 01:14:34 PM

Should ban clothes dryers first.

https://twitter.com/csuwildcat/status/1402753394951950339

It astounds me how many of these discussions could be avoided if we simply implemented a carbon tax.

BIG APPLE CAT · « **Reply #109 on:** March 14, 2022, 01:26:31 PM »

Quote from: IPA4Me on March 14, 2022, 01:14:34 PM

Should ban clothes dryers first.

https://twitter.com/csuwildcat/status/1402753394951950339

no we should stop using the clothes dryers that we currently have and use the clothes dryers that can dry our clothes only using 0.00000067% as much energy.

IPA4Me · « **Reply #110 on:** March 14, 2022, 01:27:44 PM »

Imagine being on the same side of an issue as Warren. Scary thought.

sys · « **Reply #111 on:** April 25, 2022, 07:51:24 PM »

https://twitter.com/patdennis/status/1518637225789042688

steve dave · « **Reply #112 on:** April 25, 2022, 08:57:38 PM »

most of them are ponzi schemes though. SBF really laid it out nicely on this weeks Odd Lots.

sys · « **Reply #113 on:** April 25, 2022, 09:00:39 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on April 25, 2022, 08:57:38 PM

SBF really laid it out nicely on this weeks Odd Lots.

ooh, nice.

sys · « **Reply #114 on:** June 13, 2022, 05:01:07 PM »

https://twitter.com/tomaskenn/status/1536384371552288769

cfbandyman · « **Reply #115 on:** June 13, 2022, 05:22:14 PM »

Quote from: sys on April 25, 2022, 07:51:24 PM

https://twitter.com/patdennis/status/1518637225789042688

How did I miss this gem of tweet

Justwin · « **Reply #116 on:** June 14, 2022, 11:42:04 AM »

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/13/23165731/bitcoin-price-plummet-environment-energy-emissions

sys · « **Reply #117 on:** July 16, 2022, 06:40:26 AM »

what a wonderful old man.

https://twitter.com/TheTranscript_/status/1548261926873927680

sys · « **Reply #118 on:** July 25, 2022, 09:07:59 PM »

Quote from: sys on July 07, 2021, 03:04:36 PM

i think we'll be able to manage without a technology that requires a small steam engine to record a simple transaction. as my new best friend pinboard said, this crap has been around for over a decade. if anyone was going to figure out something useful it could do, they'd have done so by now.

cryptofans have had another year, anyone manage to figure out something besides doing crimes they can use it for yet?

catastrophe · « **Reply #119 on:** July 25, 2022, 10:47:24 PM »

Quote from: sys on July 25, 2022, 09:07:59 PM

Quote from: sys on July 07, 2021, 03:04:36 PM
i think we'll be able to manage without a technology that requires a small steam engine to record a simple transaction. as my new best friend pinboard said, this crap has been around for over a decade. if anyone was going to figure out something useful it could do, they'd have done so by now.

cryptofans have had another year, anyone manage to figure out something besides doing crimes they can use it for yet?

Lots of DAOs up and running using tokens. Unless you consider that a "crime" in the sense of avoiding securities laws, but the U.S. government has pretty consciously left that space vacated for the time being I think.

sys · « **Reply #120 on:** July 25, 2022, 11:16:49 PM »

Quote from: catastrophe link=topic=42653.msg2155488#msg2155488 date=165880724
Lots of DAOs up and running using tokens.
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say no more, the utility is obvious. a dao. nay, lots of daos.

Spracne · « **Reply #121 on:** July 25, 2022, 11:25:38 PM »

Quote from: sys on July 25, 2022, 11:16:49 PM

Quote from: catastrophe link=topic=42653.msg2155488#msg2155488 date=165880724
Lots of DAOs up and running using tokens.
[/quote

say no more, the utility is obvious. a dao. nay, lots of daos.

My God. What have you done ...

catastrophe · « **Reply #122 on:** July 25, 2022, 11:32:22 PM »

Quote from: sys on July 25, 2022, 11:16:49 PM

Quote from: catastrophe link=topic=42653.msg2155488#msg2155488 date=165880724
Lots of DAOs up and running using tokens.
[/quote

say no more, the utility is obvious. a dao. nay, lots of daos.

I mean I just found out today I've currently got $17 worth of revenue share so far from a cryptocurrency I've been holding in an online game. I thought that was pretty neat.

DaBigTrain · « **Reply #123 on:** July 26, 2022, 12:10:48 AM »

Quote from: sys on July 25, 2022, 09:07:59 PM

Quote from: sys on July 07, 2021, 03:04:36 PM
i think we'll be able to manage without a technology that requires a small steam engine to record a simple transaction. as my new best friend pinboard said, this crap has been around for over a decade. if anyone was going to figure out something useful it could do, they'd have done so by now.

cryptofans have had another year, anyone manage to figure out something besides doing crimes they can use it for yet?

Sys, if you fell into a vat of extremely sharp legos, I wouldn’t care.

sys · « **Reply #124 on:** July 26, 2022, 07:02:23 AM »

Quote from: catastrophe on July 25, 2022, 11:32:22 PM

I mean I just found out today I've currently got $17 worth of revenue share so far from a cryptocurrency I've been holding in an online game. I thought that was pretty neat.

oh, good. for a second there i was worried that i might have been wrong to reflexively dismiss the loads of daos running on tokens.