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> Try doing a transaction comparison between any payment service that offers foreign transactions

I've done many. Order of magnitude better experience than bitcoin, which I've also done.

And without knowing that your bitcoin transaction cost many tonnes of co2 on stolen electricity (~70% of which is based on fossil fuels, per a recent bitcoin energy use study).

It's like building an instant messaging system based on throwing molotov cocktails on your neighbors houses to create smoke signals.

"Works great!"

> try using smart contracts in crypto

Smart contracts is just the dumbest idea yet. Anyone who thinks they're a good idea clearly doesn't know what the actual challenges are in existing contracts. It's not solving these challenges at all, but instead making them much worse.

> Hating crypto , because news reporters only show you the scammers and the speculators , is blind hatred.

Seriously? But that's all there is. To a rounding error.

And for good reason. Aside for committing crimes cryptocurrencies are worse in every single aspect.

> Are you still gonna say people who use the dollar for daily transactions don’t exist ? That dollar is also a good idea only for scammers and speculators ?

What do you think the percentage of dollar transaction that's crime? What do you think is the case for bitcoin?




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