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I wasted years of my life in crypto

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681 points Anon84 | 2 comments | 07 Dec 25 12:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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khqc ◴[08 Dec 25 04:41 UTC] No.46188412[source]▶
Is it really a waste if you made enough money to retire?
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fy20 ◴[08 Dec 25 05:56 UTC] No.46188866[source]▶
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 ◴[08 Dec 25 06:10 UTC] No.46188951[source]▶
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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sumedh ◴[08 Dec 25 06:39 UTC] No.46189138[source]▶
> Bitcoin was just a waste of talent and resources.

What happens when a country's banking system fails.

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lmm ◴[08 Dec 25 06:48 UTC] No.46189188[source]▶
> 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 ◴[08 Dec 25 07:02 UTC] No.46189267[source]▶
What should the average citizen of that country do in that case?
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1. lmm ◴[08 Dec 25 08:00 UTC] No.46189609[source]▶
Cooperate with their fellow citizens and fix their banking system, rather than trying to grab as much as possible for themselves?
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2. balamatom ◴[08 Dec 25 09:44 UTC] No.46190344[source]▶
>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.