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oh_sigh · 2018-10-15 22:34:17+00:00

Did you take a moment to understand why they are doing this with a coin, or are you just anti-crypto-coins altogether?

EGreg | karma 7296 | avg karma 0.72 · | 2021-08-09 09:02:11

What makes you anti-crypto specifically?

Edit: see my sister comment for much more info

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anon291 | karma 2321 | avg karma 1.13 · | 2022-12-14 12:51:38

Since this is a pointed reply to my own comment, I'm just going to say that I'm anti-crypto, for the record.

gspr | karma 2440 | avg karma 1.87 · | 2022-01-17 05:33:22

I do not buy the premise that they thought that they were doing something for public good. I'm glad to mock them, and all the other cryptocurrency/NFT morons.

the_cat_kittles | karma 1832 | avg karma 1.51 · | 2021-05-18 22:13:36+00:00

a succinct, correct explanation imo. if your angry, it should be at crypto before anything else. a largely useless tech that has lots of negative externalities, like this one.

xvector | karma 7237 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2021-08-21 06:06:53

Why are you even looking at altcoins for this?

dudeinhawaii | karma 500 | avg karma 5.43 · | 2023-11-08 17:18:09

Not sure if it was intentional but you just used the "few can understand" defense that I see in so many Crypto forums. "You don't like it because you don't get it". It's not a very useful defense of a product or concept. Crypto is not the Einstein to AI's Harry Potter, that is comical. This is the "you're all haters" defense.

BlackDeath3 | karma 783 | avg karma 1.55 · | 2014-02-25 15:07:58

I didn't necessarily, it's just a precaution. I see a lot of vitriol directed at Bitcoin, and this sort of extremist overcompensation is really nothing new anyway. It's just a reminder to stay rational.

sdsad46464 | karma 2 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2018-02-15 23:56:20+00:00

Oh boy, you are not helping the cryptocurrency community with that extremist line of thinking...

eimrine | karma 1742 | avg karma 0.59 · | 2022-05-09 12:41:36

I have no point now, I just trying to figure out of who the hell might be anti-crypto.

teatree | karma 218 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2022-02-28 21:16:25

+1, this decision has made me rethink my anti crypto stance.

MagicalTux | karma 104 | avg karma 14.86 · | 2021-02-06 06:04:42+00:00

I didn't initially, but if you're reading that far in the comments I guess it can't be avoided. People need to know what CoinLab is trying to do.

RandomBacon | karma 1882 | avg karma 2.26 · | 2020-05-04 21:22:21+00:00

I am not anti-crypto, but I am anti- stupid ideas and get-rich quick schemes that are incredibly prevalent in the "blockchain" space. I am for one or two cryptocurrencies/tokens, and that's about it.

stefantalpalaru | karma 2337 | avg karma 1.12 · | 2021-11-05 17:48:09

And you thought being associated with cryptocurrencies was bad :-)

bootcampwhere | karma 13 | avg karma 0.15 · | 2020-06-28 15:25:05+00:00

It's almost as if f HN doesn't understand cryptocurrency and you are just angry about it.

literallyWTF | karma 41 | avg karma 0.39 · | 2022-09-06 22:15:33

Your requests to stop? That’s news to me. But yeah, sure whatever. “Not a defense of crypto”.

eric_cc | karma 685 | avg karma 1.34 · | 2022-02-16 07:42:37

So what you’re saying is: you don’t like crypto and are willing to make creative, cute but non-sense statements to demonstrate it.

klyrs | karma 20410 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2022-08-09 16:10:45

I lean anti-crypto but I flagged you. This kind of comment doesn't belong here.

chx | karma 16077 | avg karma 3.58 · | 2020-05-23 03:19:47+00:00

I speak up against cryptocurrency because it's a cancer. It's a hype adding to climate change without any real world use case whatsoever.

m0zg | karma 1604 | avg karma 0.37 · | 2021-10-11 21:19:28

Actually I understand _exactly_ what they do, and how Bitcoin (and crypto in general) threatens their business model. But go on with your strawman, please.