I'd rather we just stop funding, but at least there's some restrictions imposed here.
I'm completely against financial systems controlled by governments, but to me there's some silver lining here.
The more the US attempts sanctions like this the more people will work to abandon legacy government controlled systems. And, if sanctions are gonna target anyone, I suppose settler opportunists like these are a good target.
Fine, but they can still sell it for a lump sum and rent. Thus it truly is like retirement savings.
Further, a mortgage uses other people's money as leverage on an appreciating asset. Of course it's not always a great deal, but here in the states, inflation and low mortgage rates generally combine to make this a killer deal -- if you can actually get in the market at all that is.
You're right. It's just most of the time these sort of claims are so distant. I just find it interesting to have been proximate to the places mentioned. That's all.
As an ex-Oregonian, this is particularly interesting. To most this must just sound like craziness, and the intentional release part may be, but for sure there's a primate research facility right in Hillsboro, OR.
Apparently my grandfather helped design something with the cages, which is just weird for me.
> those who have the hardware and made billions, compared to those who did not and who were at the mercy of fluctuations.
I don't know what you could even mean. Having hardware just means you can mine BTC. Miners still deal with price fluctuations, and in no way have they been able to control or print BTC.
> ...it has nothing to do with democratisation or taking the power away from the government.
If the government couldn't take limitless loans from the Fed which creates debt from nothing -- a fancy way of saying print money -- if the government couldn't print money it would have to tax for it's expenditure and would be naturally constrained in it's power.
I honestly can't understand any of your positions and can only believe you're incredibly uniformed about the reality of money, power, and the genisis of and technology behind many crypto currencies.
You're not making any real argument here, so I can't exactly refute it.
Proof of Work is a means of preventing any one actor from controlling bitcoin. Proof of Work is energy intensive, but the currency exists in a government resistant manner without the use of guns because of Proof of Work.
Yes, it's a funny joke and all, but really it is made to resist that as well. And what I mean by that is that it's a currency you can use without a bank and is not controllable by those with wrenches.
Does that put us at 68%?