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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 162 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If only that currency wasn't rife with techbros, scammers, and techbro scammers.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 70 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

the "currency" is rife with scammers because the "currency" is a scam.

its a pump and dump ponzi. Its digital Bernie Madoff for the new millenium.

all of them are. Every single one.

Yes even the one you, dear reader, like. Especially the one you like.

Thats why they are so unstable.

And its also why anyone that tried to use them as currency abandoned it almost as soon as they started, because losing 20% of your transaction in the 5 seconds the transfer and processing takes isnt a deal anyone but the most desperate to stay in the shadows criminals are going to accept.

[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

except there are things like tether and usdc which are fixed to the value of the US dollar permanently.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

One of those stable coins was once found to not having a single cent backing it, unlike what the team behind it claimed.

Risk for risk, I stick to the feeless coins.

[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I only say this because the parent comment was in reference to payments and the reply was talking about investment inflation / deflation. for strictly sending payments, stablecoins can be okay. but as for crypto shit as a whole I'm not a fan of what it's become.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

its a pump and dump ponzi. Its digital Bernie Madoff for the new millenium.

all of them are. Every single one.

Yes even the one you, dear reader, like. Especially the one you like.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Not sure why your down voted. I have used them before to transfer money and works fine. It's exactly why it exists. I wouldn't store money there, but for transfers and transfer out, they work perfectly fine.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's because supposed stablecoins often also end up being scams.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, i get that. But the 2 mentioned are fine and not going anywhere unless something catastrophic happens. I wouldn't use some sketchy ones either.

[–] urbeker@programming.dev 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lol Tether a company that claims to have $100 billion in reserve to back its currency but has never had an audit. Nothing sketchy about that at all.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

It's been around for 9 years now. I use it sometimes for transfers, and that's it. It's not an investment I'm looking to throw money into and hope it doesn't go belly up. If you really look, I'm sure you're right. Probably all of them do some level of unethical to illegal activity. I am just commenting on the fact that to use the stable coins for transfers it's going to be pretty safe and I am not worried about it, unlike the pump and dump coins that pop up.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy fuckin hates crypto lol

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

anyone with a functional brain and a flash of cognitive self awareness hates crypto.

cause its a fuckin scam designed to screw over rubes.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Guess what buddy, Fiat currency is a scam too & Govts have recognized the legitimacy of CryptoCurrency via implementing CBDCs

[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

a lot of people on here are geezers and don't understand it. they are literally calling USD (the actual currency of the United States!!!) a pump and dump scam. thats all you need to know.