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Drew Brees drove his mother to suicide

That's a lot of money spent on a porn websight

Lmao.

1. There is literally no difference fundamentally between FIAT and Bitcoin. They both can be described as digital currency that has zero intrinsic value. The value is arbitrary decided by the global market. Since the early 1970s, the value concept of Bitcoin has already existed in the form of the US dollar. The "lol bitcoin has no value" bullshit can be directly applied to the US dollar, and basically every currency on the planet that isn't directly backed by another material we arbitrary gave value regardless.

2. Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency. That's it. In the crypto space, it is useless garbage that is only valuable because it is the standard reserve currency for the market. The same as how the US dollar is the standard reserve currency for the global market. Not everybody in crypto takes Litecoin for example, and not everyone in the world takes the Euro or Yen. But literally every corner of the world will take the US dollar. Same concept goes for bitcoin. Beyond that, Bitcoin brings nothing to the table.

3. However, with Bitcoin came the mass adoption of the blockchain. Following it came networks such as Ethereum, which can be compared to the Swift network Visa uses for bank transactions. Except in the case of chains like Ethereum and Cardano, the entire network is on a public ledger and cannot be interfered with. The SWIFT network is private and is ran as a company with rich people invested in the network itself. Gee, I wonder which one is better for the people. Guess what uses a shit ton of electricity as well?

4. The blockchain itself can be used further for completely trustless interactions. Imagine security that is not determined by any outside input. It's determined exclusively by the network itself, and cannot be changed. The amount of use cases for this is insane. And no, it cannot be "hacked" either. There is only one unique hash on the entire network and it cannot be manipulated.

5. "it's using so much electricity" is a shitty argument to make considering the culmination of every average 1st world person contributes way more electrical "pollution" to their environment. This isn't as simple as "stop using gas for transportation" where a better alternative already exists. As it stands right now, there is no better alternative to fucking electricity aside from nuclear energy (gl with selling that to your neighbor) and whether you like it or not, the benefits of the blockchain will win out for the future. So you should honestly just get used to it, or better yet - start advocating to ban electricity and move onto something else as the basic universal fuel for literally everything we do. Attacking Bitcoin or crypto in general is just you attacking a scapegoat for a bigger problem that isn't being addressed.

6. Crypto is moving towards being decentralized. In 2017 the only way to buy Bitcoin and anything else was through Coinbase and other major platforms. Then in order to get alt coins, you needed to deposit into an exchange and trade through there. That is just an unnecessary step where you lose the rights to your own money and have a centralized entity in control of them. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is the future where exchanges become obsolete. People can trade assets with their own wallets, no middle man. This concept can be directly applied to banks as well, making the use for them pretty obsolete.

7. Speaking of banks becoming obsolete. The only reason your money is "secure" in the bank is because it is insured. And the only reason the insurance works is because it is backed by FIAT, which exhibits the same exact "flaws" you take issue with Bitcoin for. So think long and hard about what happens in the future if the value of the USD plummets. Not only are you worth less, but you might not even be entitled to your remaining funds. Gl with that.

8. Oh, and the final nail in the coffin for centralized institutions such as banks and exchanges is that DeFi is working towards establishing a lending platform that can analyze your entire credit history and offer loans based off both your established funds and your history of paying back your debt. The entire institution couldn't even handle giving out mortgages without nearly bankrupting the entire country in 2008. I'm genuinely smiling that you continue to place your faith in them.

Most of you are terrible hitters. That's what this topic is. Gamefaqs can't have it both ways either. If you are going to talk trash about people you better be able to take it because this is just getting started now. That's half the problem is most of you try to get people banned for doing that stuff. It's pathetic. If you are going to say that stuff you can't have it both ways and what you think is going on isn't either. That's half the problem. I need to be myself.

Get the popcorn. This guy is back.

There's no political motivation to make money off idiots.

Conservatives being stupid and failing to comprehend something entirely simple. What else is new?

They didn't remove it for being a "choice", they just decided it wasn't a disorder.

I already own these books and have read them at the library. Why would i empty the store shelves. I've never been one of those people who does that to cash in. Those are the people who are the real problem and even think like that.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Senkata_and_Sacaba_Massacres

Literally not true at all. For starters the Supreme acourt has already ruled on the subject, its not illegal. Since there are no actual real children involved it is protected by the first amendment.

Secondly, interviews with actual pedophiles who have been arrested for looking at child porn, and real child porn not fake drawings, have outright said if they hadn't looked at it they would have molested a real child. So claiming that looking at drawings enables them to continue their urges and if we got rid of it those urges would simply dissappear is completely unfounded.

Again, that's a slippery slope fallacy and there's no evidence of that. Way more mass murderers and criminals have been found with violent media than child rapists with loli.
In fact, research has shown the opposite. You're just sounding like a qanon reactionary.

Bro its in the DSM. Its literally classified as a mental disorder.

There's no evidence of that and that can be said for many forms of fiction and potentially enabling crimes.

That logic doesn't add up. It's gross but there is no crime committed with drawings.
Now, actual CP, yes is illegal, and is harshly treated.

https://youtu.be/lC5lsemxaJo?t=61

The 80s were a pretty gigantic improvement from the 70s.

He beat his Democratic opponents so badly. Why was Reagan so popular at the time?

crypto is such a scam

Expending more energy than Argentina so that overly-online speculators can get rich is just another form of climate denial.

Less than 5 transactions per second and huge fees seem pretty useless to me

Literally there is no reason to use it when newer crypto coins have practically no fees, thousands of transactions per second, and pay out an APY when you help secure the network at a SIGNIFICANTLY lower energy cost

You can not kill a man who has not committed a crime, you can have him get treatment and try to prevent him from harming a child.

A crime must be committed before you punish a person, even a pedo.

@Rob_Cesternino

Give me one real use for bitcoin.

Ill give you an hour.

you can tag them as kanjo, because that's who that is