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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

There are no better coins than Bitcoin. Any altcoins that seem better only appear so because they're not operating at the same scale as Bitcoin.

Monero's transactions are 4x as large as Bitcoin's on average, and Monero has no equivalent of the Lightning Network. As far as I'm aware, it has no second layer whatsoever, so all transactions must be done directly on chain. There's no realistic way to scale it up without introducing immense centralization pressure. Once it's sufficiently centralized, governments can shut it down or impose regulations on it.

Bitcoin transactions can be anonymized through CoinJoin and other methods. It's not anonymous by default, but if you need that there's a large enough crowd to hide among.

As for energy usage, there are likewise no viable options other than proof of work. Proof of stake compromises on security, and introduces economic centralizing pressure. The more coins you have, the more coins you can make through staking, which you then reinvest. With PoW on the other hand, you have to choose between holding more coins or having more hashpower. A dollar spent on one is a dollar not spent on the other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Well, not dead at least. Get well soon! (Before the next raid, preferably.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I really doubt it's doing much for him. In general it's better to mock fascists than it is to ignore them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Huh, TIL there are Remington Mosins.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You're not wrong, but I think there's some merit to repurposing bigoted memes to clown on bigots. r/antifastonetoss, for example.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The original was posted here yesterday

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Ha, I never had a dog, so I missed out on that one. Mostly I remember trying to muffle the horribly loud modem sounds by putting a blanket over my computer so that I could get online without waking my mom up.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

ScrewdriverFactoryFactoryProvider might be one of the rare anarchist hexbears? In any case, unironic solidarity with our anti-homework, anti-bedtime comrades.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

Thank you for your very valuable opinion.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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