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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Counterpoint, having a currency where every token is tied into its own transaction history might be unpopular with large businesses for other reasons. Like maybe they don't want to be that transparent or accountable. The FBI have made public statements about how much easier it is to track criminals who used Crypto.

Your opinion seems to contradict reality.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This is a very poorly considered argument. Even if we suppose that everything you've said is true, the existence of a second plausible explanation doesn't invalidate the first. You've not actually offered any reason why any of what I said is wrong, you just said "X is possible, therefore Y cannot be true."

Also, I want to note that this particular digression wasn't about cryptocurrency at all. The point I was responding to was a claim that blockchains had uses other than as currencies. So you really might want to step back a bit and consider what you think is being discussed here, and what you're actually trying to say.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your suppositions are not infallible, mine do not need to be absolute truths to contend with yours.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

And if you had offered any point of contention to my suppositions, I could respond to that. But as I've already explained, you didn't actually counter a single one of my arguments, or even understand what the subject of the discussion was.

I'm sorry, but I'm done responding to this. I'm not obligated to waste my time on nonsense that doesn't even rise to the basic factual definitions of "an argument."