From 3495c2ac7064afe38bc30421f0449a64903e1b7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nathan Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 02:11:09 -0600 Subject: More blogging --- org/blog/feed.xml | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 94 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'org/blog/feed.xml') diff --git a/org/blog/feed.xml b/org/blog/feed.xml index ddc0b21..c267af1 100644 --- a/org/blog/feed.xml +++ b/org/blog/feed.xml @@ -10,6 +10,98 @@ https://shittyweb.org/blog + + The current state of crypto + https://shittyweb.org/blog#current-state-of-crypto + Wed, 30 Jul 2025 05:19:56 GMT + + +

Why crypto sucks

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+ 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... +

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Mining

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+ 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 + + and get a good laugh in. +

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Trading and investing

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+ 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. +

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Crytpo brokers

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+ 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. +

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Monero, the only decent crypto

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+ 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. +

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To sum things up

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+ 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 ): +

+ +]]> + + + Things I say https://shittyweb.org/blog#things-i-say @@ -73,8 +165,8 @@ 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 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 -- cgit v1.2.3