Is it really a waste if you made enough money to retire?

Right, OP writes up crypto as being this terrible disease with no meaning. But outside of crypto there aren't many jobs that have real meaning either. I worked for the UN at one point, and that was actually one of the worse.

At the end of the day you are always just working to make someone else rich or to give them the promotion they want. If you get rich yourself along the way, take that as a win.

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originalvichy 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I respectfully disagree. Even if you told me that you felt like working at the UN was a waste of time, I’d still tell you that at least you contributed to a historically unique global institution which at least strives to bring people across the world together.

Bitcoin was just a waste of talent and resources.

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spaceman_2020 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Half the people here work for random SaaS and socially corrosive companies like Meta that have literally helped install dictators into power

You could do worse than building crappy blockchains

	▲	Capricorn2481 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Not a lot of people here work for Meta, which is why you had to lump in "Random SaaS" like that's remotely comparable. I doubt most people here are working on anything harmful, let alone a fraction of what Meta does. Unless you think Todo list apps cause Ethnic Cleansing.

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rizky05 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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sumedh 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> Bitcoin was just a waste of talent and resources.

What happens when a country's banking system fails.

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lmm 2 days ago | parent [-]

> What happens when a country's banking system fails.

The people who looted it transport their ill-gotten gains away via Bitcoin, often enough.

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sumedh 2 days ago | parent [-]

What should the average citizen of that country do in that case?

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lmm 2 days ago | parent [-]

Cooperate with their fellow citizens and fix their banking system, rather than trying to grab as much as possible for themselves?

	▲	balamatom 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		>Cooperate with their fellow citizens and fix their banking system That's exactly what Bitcoin was for. I don't know where you live, but most places it's the banking system which fixes the citizens, not the other way around. Only way I imagine being able to fix a bank is with a brick through the window. It's why one level up from where I'm at banks are closing their physical locations, keep no cash, and only have people for 1-2 hours in the morning when only the most obedient are awake and not occupied.

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koakuma-chan 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Make your own startup. I also hate working for people whom I consider less smart and/or capable or experienced than I am.