I know there are people here who already have crypto in one form or another but please consider the ethical implications of keeping it:
You're spending egregious amounts of carbon energy
You're charging whoever is converting the money for you a disproportionate rate to turn it to cash
You're supporting a business that is harboring literal child molesters
(link cuz I know thsi one is hard to believe at face value: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/05/some-in-bitcoin-group-resign-over-new-board-members-link-to-sex-abuse/)
if you're struggling financially, consider also the absurdity of holding onto a currency that has more money being spent around it than you are
In any case, I personally think meddling with crypto is worse than selling out your craft, and I mean that in the sense of writing anti millennial slop and working for Breitbart sell out
@sixohsix So let me put it straight. Brock Pierce is a board member in the Bitcoin Foundation. He is literally a key figure in bitcoin. Any form of involvement you have in bitcoin directly benefits him
@plsburydoughboy the Mighty Ducks kid?! Whoa I didn't know that.
But also like we should think about who we're supporting if we own any USD. A white supremacist president and a racist system. But would you tell poor Americans to burn their money or divest from any opportunities to grow it because of who benefits indirectly in its growth?
@sixohsix LOL it's not comparable at all though. I am not going to bother explaining this one, save to point out just how much smaller a marketplace bitcoin is. You figure it out
@plsburydoughboy except for the electricity waste, your criticisms apply equally to any currency, especially the USD.