QuentinCallaghanA to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agoCryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidiawww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkCryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidiawww.theguardian.comQuentinCallaghanA to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareamino@fediverse.omaramin.melinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years ago@ailiphilia @QuentinCallaghan Not to start a holy war but I think crypto as a technology is not a very good store of value. Blockchain is revolutionary, but blockchain projects need to have utility rather than just a coin that you hope retains value.
minus-squareailiphilia@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 years ago I think crypto as a technology is not a very good store of value I fully agree. That’s why I use it as a means of payment rather than as value investment -:) Blockchain is revolutionary, but blockchain projects need to have utility Absolutely, that’s what is missing at 99.9% of blockchain projects unfortunately (but I still hope for the 0.1% :-))
@ailiphilia @QuentinCallaghan Not to start a holy war but I think crypto as a technology is not a very good store of value.
Blockchain is revolutionary, but blockchain projects need to have utility rather than just a coin that you hope retains value.
I fully agree. That’s why I use it as a means of payment rather than as value investment -:)
Absolutely, that’s what is missing at 99.9% of blockchain projects unfortunately (but I still hope for the 0.1% :-))