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  • Not saying this out of any support for Elon or Twitter, just because I respect free speech.

    It would be nice if the US pushed back on the EU on this type of thing. Going after platforms for the speech of their users, especially with a government mandated monetary incentive behind it, is an open door for censorship and unfairness. A US company, born under the auspices of a nation where free speech is literally rule number one, should be defended by the US government when other nations create rules attempting to stifle that free speech (especially when those rules also come with huge fines which siphon money, however much, from the US economy).

    Governments should be developing ways to stop bots and botnets not stifling human public expression, no matter how disagreeable to the political sensibilities of those governments that expression may be.





  • Not all cryptocurrencies are deflationary. Yes the deflationary model encourages holding/discourages spending however for some projects this is a desired outcome based on the utility the coin/token is aiming to provide.

    Additionally deflationary crypto can act as a hedge against inflation, hyperinflation, and stagflation. The decreasing supply can counteract inflationary pressure caused by externalities like government policies and economic shake ups.



  • NecroSocial@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlWeb3 is here and it's glorious
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    1 year ago

    The intrinsic value of any art is what someone is willing to pay for it.

    For example the world’s most expensive NFT, The Merge by Pak, sold for $91.8 million. Its price was higher than the sale of Jeff Koon’s Rabbit, the most expensive artwork by a living artist at auction. It’s all about personal tastes and how deep folks wanna dig in their pockets with this stuff.



  • The truly decentralized portions of the market can’t be directly regulated. A feature not a bug as the point of decentralization is a trustless environment with no overlords, middlemen or gatekeepers.

    The places regulation can touch are endpoints: fiat on/off ramps, legal entities (companies, orgs) operating in the space, people’s freedoms in regards to the ability to interact with crypto etc. Regulating those endpoints in an attempt to manage the decentralized interior requires a level of nuance and respect for people’s privacy and liberty that first-world governments have so far yet to demonstrate.

    In lieu of sweeping regulations (which can have many downsides), the “web3” industry would be well served to get it’s act together internally with tech solutions to problems like rug pulls, scam tokens, wash trading and such. The example of fiat markets shows such problems can’t be completely eliminated but if tech solutions can eliminate just some or most of them that’d make the playing field safer by orders of magnitude.

    Note to any unware: “Trustless” in this sense means the ability to transact without having to “trust” any outside authority to regulate, allow or manage the transaction for you. Everything programmatically handled and equally open to inspection and validation by all involved.