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Comment by abrahamepton

This is pretty damn incoherent.

> the core reason for cryptocurrencies; escaping inflation and control

Maybe in a whitepaper. In the real world, it's mostly about speculation and enabling crime.

> Law and order stands on the backs of a lot of stuff and CO2. Bitcoin is an example of one little piece of this not needing all that stuff.

Ok...? This is nonsensical.

> Instead it's protected by this mining fleet. And if you want to contest ownership there's no one to invade, no one to attack; the best you can do is make a fleet and try to mine.

Or someone can beat you up and make you give them your password. Rubber-hose decryption has a long track record and is trivial for the right actor to implement, this isn't some weird edge-case.

> It's a small step in the direction of getting away from all these endless wars and control.

Citation badly needed; how does cryptocurrency "get away from all these endless wars"?

> Carbon tax CO2

Ok, this is correct and not incoherent.

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