Why would you make a personal attack based on a discussion about an industry? I didn't think this was a flame war, more a discussion about the crypto industry - I'm not upset, I'm just bored because I'm stuck in hospital with little to do. This is a tech forum, so is it not the right place to discuss tech industries and opinions thereof? I'm not even in the minority in thinking the crypto industry is unproductive and largely centered around scams and greater fool schemes.
I'm not sure what your personal attack has to do with this discussion - I guess you could have that opinion if you wanted.
I guess that depends on the point of the community - to my understanding, the point is to discuss. Reasoned discussions are based on arguments and observations, not just evidence and citations. I don't even know what kind of evidence you can bring up for something of this scale - it's not like the are metastudies on where people allocate capital within the crypto market, and what the outcomes aside from wealth transfer. It's a more systemic thing.
I don't even understand how people can argue against this. Do you have the perception that most people are buying coins for reasons other than to sell them again for profit? The only types of studies I find are self-referential in that they report on market size.
The reason I discuss the subject at all is I'm hoping that one day somebody gives me the piece of information I'm missing that shows that the crypto industry isn't just everybody trying to get rich while burning tons of fossil fuels, that there are reasonably positive outcomes from it. So far I just get a lot of angry reactions and accusations of having no proof, despite this not being a court case. Like, show me something good that's been made because of crypto! It's the easiest argument in the world to win.
I'm not sure what your personal attack has to do with this discussion - I guess you could have that opinion if you wanted.
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