smallpatatas@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoBitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)thedabbler.patatas.caexternal-linkmessage-square237fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called “Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji”. F that
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat is also not 100% true. There are several altcoins with fantastic utility. Monero and Ethereum come to mind.
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI wouldn’t argue with that. I was mostly generalizing.
minus-squareMubelotix@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoEthereum has scam characteristics though. The creator Vitalik gave himself time to mine it alone before giving public access. He secured for himself quite a nice stash
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s true. I suspect the application programming is the only reason that it actually took off.
That is also not 100% true. There are several altcoins with fantastic utility. Monero and Ethereum come to mind.
I wouldn’t argue with that. I was mostly generalizing.
Ethereum has scam characteristics though. The creator Vitalik gave himself time to mine it alone before giving public access. He secured for himself quite a nice stash
That’s true. I suspect the application programming is the only reason that it actually took off.