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author | nathan <nathan@disroot.org> | 2025-07-30 02:11:09 -0600 |
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committer | nathan <nathan@disroot.org> | 2025-07-30 02:11:09 -0600 |
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More blogging
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diff --git a/org/blog/articles/current-state-of-crypto.txt b/org/blog/articles/current-state-of-crypto.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c97ffd3 --- /dev/null +++ b/org/blog/articles/current-state-of-crypto.txt @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +### Why crypto sucks + +There are two types of crypto users: the peep who wants more privacy and the +libertarian. The libertarian makes life harder and worse for the peep who +wants more privacy. Libertarians are the ones who over all control the status +quo of crypto. Now you have a very good understanding of the issues with +crypto the blog post can just end here. You want more details dont you? Ok you +greedy bastard who cant use a search engine... + +### Mining + +I dont think anyone ever have or ever will create a more fancy way to waste +computing power. These mother fuckers buy a bunch of gpus just to overclock +them and leave them running at full power until they melt. I once heard a +story about the gold miners in old times along the lines of everyone wanted to +make money mining gold so they bought all the gear and started looking for +gold. Most never found much but reguardless people kept buying gear to go gold +mining and because of this the people selling the gear were getting rich while +all the miners were just getting poorer. The same happened with crypto mining. +Nvidia made a hell ton off selling hardware to mine coins barely anyone uses +for anything practical. Sure there are people who do make money mining but +those are people who have the money to spend an insane amount on a mining rig +in some datacenter in a third world country while they sip their wine in a +first world country. It isnt like nvidia is trying to hide it either. Just +read [ this article +](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/26/cryptocurrencies-add- +nothing-useful-to-society-nvidia-chatbots-processing-crypto-mining) and get a +good laugh in. + +### Trading and investing + +This is the main thing most people seem to think crypto is for: trading it +without ever using it to buy and sell anything besides other cryptocurrencies. +It only manages to make crypto more unstable and less usable as a currency. +For years it was the libertarian dream to completely cut out real resources +and real production of goods and services. A simulated economy that somehow +manages to bring real money into their fat wallets is what they wanted, one +that just like capitalism outside cyberspace starts out in a state where even +your average joes are making money but as shittification takes hold all the +money only makes it into wallets that are already fat. To most this seems like +a mistake but the libertarians designed it that way and wouldnt want it any +other way. + +### Crytpo brokers + +This is what made me to decide to write this blog in the first place. I was +using coinbase to get some bitcoin so I can hop on p2p networks to get some +monero. Normally this works fine but coinbase randomly went "fuck you!" and +started throwing error messages at me when sending bitcoin. Tried to withdraw +same deal. Used their resources to find out why this was happening but their +piece of shit chatbot wouldnt do much. When I asked for a real person it +"upgraded" me to a slightly better chatbot. Decided to look into it and found +out most of the big _"trustworthy"_ brokers will lock up during times trades +will not be in their favor. They often do this simply by bricking their site +when a trade they dont like happens. These types of brokers often use KYC to +decrease privacy. p2p networks can solve this though you often have to already +have some crypto to use them. + +### Monero, the only decent crypto + +Unlike all other cryptos monero is kind of usable for actually buying and +selling things. Its a bit more stable and faster. Its designed to fuck over +gpu mining and force people to mine on cpu instead to prevent the mining +madness of most crypto. If you want a private currency monero is the only half +decent option. Its still not perfect but in a world where FUCKING TERRIBLE is +the norm half decent is a blessing. + +### To sum things up + +Like most things in this world crypto was fucked by libertarians. Though if +they werent fucked crypto as we know it is still just a reaction to the +nightmare we call national currencies and banking. This is why we cant have +nice things ): + diff --git a/org/blog/articles/current-state-of-crypto.xml b/org/blog/articles/current-state-of-crypto.xml index 9f2982a..3a0b61a 100644 --- a/org/blog/articles/current-state-of-crypto.xml +++ b/org/blog/articles/current-state-of-crypto.xml @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ <article> + <h3>Why crypto sucks</h3> <p> There are two types of crypto users: the peep who wants more privacy and the libertarian. The libertarian makes life harder and worse for the peep @@ -30,10 +31,52 @@ and get a good laugh in. </p> - <h3>Trading</h3> + <h3>Trading and investing</h3> <p> - This is the main thing most people seem to think crypto is for. People - trading it without ever using it to buy and sell anything besides other - cryptocurrencies. + This is the main thing most people seem to think crypto is for: trading it + without ever using it to buy and sell anything besides other + cryptocurrencies. It only manages to make crypto more unstable and less + usable as a currency. For years it was the libertarian dream to completely + cut out real resources and real production of goods and services. A + simulated economy that somehow manages to bring real money into their fat + wallets is what they wanted, one that just like capitalism outside + cyberspace starts out in a state where even your average joes are making + money but as shittification takes hold all the money only makes it into + wallets that are already fat. To most this seems like a mistake but the + libertarians designed it that way and wouldnt want it any other way. + </p> + + <h3>Crytpo brokers</h3> + <p> + This is what made me to decide to write this blog in the first place. I was + using coinbase to get some bitcoin so I can hop on p2p networks to get some + monero. Normally this works fine but coinbase randomly went "fuck you!" and + started throwing error messages at me when sending bitcoin. Tried to + withdraw same deal. Used their resources to find out why this was happening + but their piece of shit chatbot wouldnt do much. When I asked for a real + person it "upgraded" me to a slightly better chatbot. Decided to look into + it and found out most of the big <i>"trustworthy"</i> brokers will lock up + during times trades will not be in their favor. They often do this simply + by bricking their site when a trade they dont like happens. These types of + brokers often use KYC to decrease privacy. p2p networks can solve this + though you often have to already have some crypto to use them. + </p> + + <h3>Monero, the only decent crypto</h3> + <p> + Unlike all other cryptos monero is kind of usable for actually buying and + selling things. Its a bit more stable and faster. Its designed to fuck over + gpu mining and force people to mine on cpu instead to prevent the mining + madness of most crypto. If you want a private currency monero is the only + half decent option. Its still not perfect but in a world where FUCKING + TERRIBLE is the norm half decent is a blessing. + </p> + + <h3>To sum things up</h3> + <p> + Like most things in this world crypto was fucked by libertarians. Though if + they werent fucked crypto as we know it is still just a reaction to the + nightmare we call national currencies and banking. This is why we cant have + nice things ): </p> </article> diff --git a/org/blog/articles/things-i-say.txt b/org/blog/articles/things-i-say.txt index da58679..d7f9ec9 100644 --- a/org/blog/articles/things-i-say.txt +++ b/org/blog/articles/things-i-say.txt @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ is being able to make use of information reguardless if its a truth or lie!** Telling anyone that it doesnt matter if something is true or not is like telling a christian you dont believe in god. In school we have the concept of fact checking and trust worthy information pushed down are throats. We tell -kids Satan is real only to later tell them Satan isnt real when we could +kids Santa is real only to later tell them Santa isnt real when we could instead be leaving his state of existance undefined. People always lose their shit when I talk about aliens or things like that "Do you actually believe that shit???". I try to explain to them things in my brain arent tagged as diff --git a/org/blog/articles/things-i-say.xml b/org/blog/articles/things-i-say.xml index a92c56f..56905fc 100644 --- a/org/blog/articles/things-i-say.xml +++ b/org/blog/articles/things-i-say.xml @@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ information reguardless if its a truth or lie!</b> Telling anyone that it doesnt matter if something is true or not is like telling a christian you dont believe in god. In school we have the concept of fact checking and - trust worthy information pushed down are throats. We tell kids Satan is - real only to later tell them Satan isnt real when we could instead be + trust worthy information pushed down are throats. We tell kids Santa is + real only to later tell them Santa isnt real when we could instead be leaving his state of existance undefined. People always lose their shit when I talk about aliens or things like that "Do you actually believe that shit???". I try to explain to them things in my brain arent tagged as fact |