Cryptocurrency is a scam.
All of it, full stop — not just the latest pump-and-dump “shitcoin” schemes, in which fraudsters hype a little-known cryptocurrency before dumping it in unison, or “rug pulls,” in which a new cryptocurrency’s developers abandon the project and run off with investor funds. All cryptocurrency and the industry as a whole are built atop market manipulation without which they could not exist at scale.
This should surprise no one who understands how cryptocurrency works. Blockchains are, at their core, simply append-only spreadsheets maintained across decentralized “peer-to-peer” networks, not unlike those used for torrenting pirated files. Just as torrents allow users to share files directly, cryptocurrency blockchains allow users to maintain a shared ledger of financial transactions without the need of a central server or managing authority. Users are thus able to make direct online transactions with one another as if they were trading cash.
More here – Jacobin
PS: Hands up if you are surprised.
Wow. ,……… ?? !!!!!!?!?!?!
Thanks for posting CT,
I’ve just had an education about crypto currencies.
I reckon education is the best defense.
Not quite sure how ordinary cash is any better as that isn’t backed by anything of value either. It is worth something because people agree it’s worth something, a bit like Bitcoin. I don’t own any crypto btw so have no particular axe to grind here.