The right verb was 'to prove', because you don't know what you don't know. Making a mistake is normal, and you will learn from it.

The masks are not the main issue; they were stated as useless by the WHO at the beginning of this disease and later stated as useful.

If you use the verb "believe", you may have an issue with science. No scientific I know use this kind of terminology.

Could you explain why this medical doctor is wrong? https://twitter.com/Lukewearec...

You are paying for the hardware, the software from third parties is another matter.

When it's "free", you are the product.

They deserve this.

The point of this new digital USD is full control by a central authority. This new China CBDC adds new features to the currency, like an expiration date, and at the same time, all the data is available in real time to the central authority.

You are missing the point with the word "cryptocurrency". Cryptocurrency is the generalization of a single event, this is by definition an absurd terminology equivalent to mix Astrology with Astrophysics. Anyway the people using the word "Cryptocurrency" are following and trusting a leader in a centralized cult way. They mostly got rekt with this last price change.

Microsoft follows IBM, they found out that Blockchain as a buzzword is a flawed concept. In other words, this is a simple synonym of regular database.

They could have followed Theranos and promoted a product impossible to build. They are definitely a legit company they don't need the dumb money and the scammy practices that go with it.

With mobile phones, or other devices, you are the product; Tracking you is valuable.

The cookies are not enough, they could still use the IP address, and the connection could be monitored.

Blockchain was mostly a buzzword to target the dumb money. This era is already over:

SCOOP: @IBM has cut its blockchain team down to almost nothing, according to four people familiar with the situation. https://twitter.com/coindesk/s...

Bitcoin is legit, and the decentralization begins and ends with Bitcoin!

"...has become a worldwide transaction of which you cannot even identify who owns what. The technology is so strong that I don't see the kind of regulation that we can do. Bitcoin has made our currency almost useless or valueless." - Senator Sani Musa (Nigeria)

You could fail to understand how Bitcoin operates. But, you can't ignore it, and Bitcoin is unique, and very useful for a lot of people.

https://youtu.be/Idlf_LLyi1o

No, you can't. The only innovation is the decentralization.

The decentralization is not software related. The decentralization is a consequence of incentives. If you fail the decentralization, the project is pointless.

Altcoins have leaders, premine, paid shills, perpetual software updates... everything leads to more centralization. In other words, Altcoins are not designed to be decentralized.

You can't replicate the decentralization:
Bitcoin matters not because it's fast, cheap, or easy; but only because nobody controls it. It grew spontaneously in the wilds of the internet without a central planner. After it, no alt could ever recreate this, as there's no spontaneous market demand for a less secure Bitcoin.
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A money should be useful to move wealth across space and time. Gold was the best for thousand of years for this very specific reason. Our today currencies are designed to suppress the 'across time' property which leads to a monetary premium in stocks, real estates and others unwanted issues.

This is not Bitcoin which is rising, this is the USD which is falling. Money is not something that could be manipulated (Q.E. ...) without consequences.

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