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minus-squareHumanOnEarth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·20 hours agoIf your pension plan does, it’s not real gold right? Who has it? Are you sure? Are the records transparent?
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·19 hours agoIt’s held in reserve by a bank if they are invested directly in gold. Who is holding your crypto? Oh that’s right no one is.
minus-squareHumanOnEarth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·18 hours agoLololol no one is. Ok. God damn I guess I am going to get rich with arguments like this…
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoIf your crypto is immaterial no one can hold it
minus-squareHumanOnEarth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·14 hours agoCrypto is not immaterial, there is a digital (digital stuff exists in the real world, since it’s not fairy magic) copy of all Bitcoin transactions spread all around the world. Without the physical presence of nodes, bitcoin would not exist. Also, Crypto does not equal Bitcoin.
If your pension plan does, it’s not real gold right? Who has it? Are you sure? Are the records transparent?
It’s held in reserve by a bank if they are invested directly in gold. Who is holding your crypto? Oh that’s right no one is.
Lololol no one is. Ok. God damn I guess I am going to get rich with arguments like this…
If your crypto is immaterial no one can hold it
Crypto is not immaterial, there is a digital (digital stuff exists in the real world, since it’s not fairy magic) copy of all Bitcoin transactions spread all around the world. Without the physical presence of nodes, bitcoin would not exist.
Also, Crypto does not equal Bitcoin.