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.