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dk | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 good to explore new ideas. just keep asking questions until you have confidence that the new technology is built primarily to serve you and not primarily to serve the creator of the new technology
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woolcycle | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 In this context, I feel there needs to be more clarity on obvious red flags or patent defects, otherwise everything just gets tarred with the same brush. e.g. I pay them no heed, but afaik meme coins can all be discounted? Similarly,  @jack mallers disparaging other top 10 cryptos by comparison with #Bitcoin feels like strawmanning as, again afaik, most or all of those don't even purport to have a role in the financial freedom tech stack.

Finally, note that I am not in any way looking to "open the floodgates" and don't have a problem with large swathes of non-BTC crypto being legitimately categorised as shitcoins. Currently, my only goal is to ensure that #Nimiq payment coin gets a fair hearing with regard to its potential role in the financial freedom tech stack.