• Mythra@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    13 days ago

    Not completely useless. Iranians can use it to bypass the ridiculous number of sanctions western governments arbitrarily threw at them as those neoliberals pat themselves on the back for making the situaton worse. The dollar loses its centralization and I consider that a good thing.

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      This is a big part of it. Its about decentralization. Currently it has a massive environmental impact, but as renewable energy and better cooling technology develops, decentralized cryptocurrencies could be better than fossil fuel invested banks.

      The decentralized nature does mean that sometimes criminals can use it, but some countries will consider you a criminal based on the color of your skin.