You make an excellent point: Steem does have a product that actually works, and it's not cryptokitties caliber.

Centralized coins yawn

Bitcoin mining is a pretty strong centralizing force as it is, but mostly if bitcoin is going to remain unable to handle a meaningful transaction capacity, like at least 10k+ tx/s, what's the point of

I don't know how long it would take for organic mass adoption, but fiat currencies aren't going to last 20 years. They're going to begin plunging towards zero somewhat soon; whichever crypto(s) can handle

I both can and can't believe Britain is bending over for the EU. Its politicians are establishment hacks; if they weren't, if Nigel Farage were in charge, the conversation would go like this: UK: We're

She thinks open source decentralized networks can be controlled. She thinks the establishment wants us in a system that they cannot control. She thinks we'll be forced to work for a smart contract, when

Trump is not a politician.

Spending doesn't matter when the debt can never be paid off. If you understand the cancer of the Fed, you should understand that every dollar is was lent into existence and is owed back to bank, plus interest.

Carbon footprint is nonsense, wake up and see the chaotic nonlinear system that Earth's climate is and realize that past data does not predict future fluctuations in such a system. Climate hysteria is

Because the plankton will think that's "cheap" and start to bid it up again. It doesn't mean there's any legitimate reason for there to be support in that price range.

Yes. Good riddance. First time in human history we can shift to a provably stable medium of exchange, instead of scumbag bankers driving us through boom and bust cycles while enriching themselves.

ONE MILLION TRANSACTIONS PER SECOND

Why aren't they dumping the shares of big pharma companies that produce antidepressants that induce homicidal tendencies?

Mike Maloney would be interesting if you can get him, his views are similar to Peter's but he's much more open to cryptos.

The dot com bubble in the 90s didn't mean the internet had no future. It meant that everyone and their mother were piling into internet stocks for no reason other than hype. $20k bitcoin at 5 tx/s and

Lightning is a tech nerd solution, not a real world one.

You can always count on the government to fuck up something that was otherwise useful, although failing to be successfully audited makes me think Tether won't last nearly long enough for that to come into

I'm getting thoroughly tired of seeing otherwise intelligent people shrieking about climate change everywhere I look. It's even invading crypto now.

Come on, man, you're a smart guy. Earth's climate is a chaotic nonlinear system. Past data cannot predict future changes in such a system, that's why we can't predict weather changes more than a week out

Bitcoin is not a store of value, by definition. Misrepresenting it as a legitimate place to protect purchasing power over time is irresponsible.