The most obvious stupid scam ever conceived and they actually managed to hook a bunch of actual corporations

Square Enix, Nickelodeon, Coke, KFC, and more fell for this shit while regular people were laughing about how obvious a con it was.

Really puts into question the capitalist myth of the genius entrepreneur and the idea that these corporate types are rich because they are smart or deserving in some way.

    • BigHaas [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      "Hey capitalists, I made this cool thing to prevent you from stealing! Do you like it?

      …why is my car making this weird noi-"

    • Hoyt [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Just to entertain the idea for a second that some shitcoin will actually level the global market. Let’s ignore the fact that there are plenty of ways to re-annonymize coins and all the other problems with it.

      What would compel any holder of large capital to use it? What is the fulcrum of power that will stop these entities from using fiat currencies? If the global system right now benefits them so much (it does) why would they give it up and use something that doesn’t?

        • Hoyt [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          12·
          10 months ago

          This is fanfiction. There’s no analysis of power, no analysis of capital, no understanding of the overwhelming problems with any blockchain technology.

          And worse it’s boring. If you’re going to be a leftist crank about some weird thing, do aliens or something

        • BigHaas [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          5·
          10 months ago

          The periphery will simply align themselves with the existing Chinese pole of influence, why the need for a block chain? Surely a totally new economic technology would take decades to legislate, specify, code, verify, and implement? There’s no way it happens as a reaction to something, it would be like a space race level of effort

    • Sinonatrix [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This would be an objectively good thing for retail traders in a few ways, though there’d be some hilarious issues from making stocks into digital bearer bonds - what do you do if I steal your Google coins, or if you die while holding them in a wallet with a lost key? Any answer that’s not “too bad lol” can only mean giving terrifying power to a DAO - or right back to the SEC