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"Dollars are super legitimate, dude"

Except that the most international crime is enumerated in $. Do we ban dollars? Probably not and, again, we have nothing better than conclude that since we put together "crypto" and "scam" we conclude all "crypto bad". Zero exceptions. Why are comments like this allowed on a "nerdy site"? Can someone please explain or better yet stop it. Where is @dang when you need her?

Currency from one country doesn’t enable any crime or scam that any other currency from any other country doesn’t also enable.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies allow new crimes and scams.

I maintain that cryptocurrency in general is a borderline scam in and of itself. Prices are easily manipulated and once you convince enough people that cryptocurrency is good, people start exchanging it for actual money, and then it crosses from borderline scam into actual scam.

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