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Economy => Economics => Topic started by: bitmover on February 25, 2019, 10:08:17 PM



Title: Vitalik buterin suggests ripple is better than BTC.
Post by: bitmover on February 25, 2019, 10:08:17 PM
In a discussion about BTC, Vitalik buterin just said xrpp is better than BTC.

https://mobile.twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1099497025748398080
https://www.livecoins.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_5c73ebf25bff1.jpg

I think this is interesting, as many people keep saying ripple is a centralized shitcoin,etc, while it is not a shitcoin. On the other hand, it shows how Vitalik is not anymore that guy who would like to decentralize everything.


Title: Re: Vitalik buterin suggests ripple is better than BTC.
Post by: exstasie on February 25, 2019, 10:52:44 PM
I think this is interesting, as many people keep saying ripple is a centralized shitcoin,etc, while it is not a shitcoin. On the other hand, it shows how Vitalik is not anymore that guy who would like to decentralize everything.

Vitalik is just being sarcastic. He's pointing out that Rochard's logic is circular and useless (and he's right about that). Any asset measured with itself will appear to hold its value. That applies to beanie babies and XRP just as it does to Bitcoin. Whether an asset actually does hold its value (and is therefore "sound money") is a separate matter entirely.


Title: Re: Vitalik buterin suggests ripple is better than BTC.
Post by: rdbase on February 25, 2019, 11:45:19 PM
Very strange for him to be telling the crypto community to use another alt coin other then his own.
But yeah it could be sarcasm. But quotes on twitter do not transmit this mannerism to well and people will take it as a statement he fully means to take seriously.
Maybe he knows something is going to happen with the ethereum hard fork in less than 3 days away.


Title: Re: Vitalik buterin suggests ripple is better than BTC.
Post by: figmentofmyass on February 26, 2019, 12:21:52 AM
lol, i see what he's saying. he's not saying ripple is better than BTC. he's just making fun of pierre rochard because his post made zero sense.

if BTC/BTC=1=sound money then XRP/XRP=1=sound money too. ;D

too bad vitalik's response seems to go over most peoples head.


Title: Re: Vitalik buterin suggests ripple is better than BTC.
Post by: EndimyonsDream on February 26, 2019, 12:39:43 AM
Very strange for him to be telling the crypto community to use another alt coin other then his own.
But yeah it could be sarcasm. But quotes on twitter do not transmit this mannerism to well and people will take it as a statement he fully means to take seriously.
Maybe he knows something is going to happen with the ethereum hard fork in less than 3 days away.

Lol what could happen with ETH hard fork in few days to make him suggest to people to use XRP   :D :D  Some wild, out of control, gunslinger style statement and idea you have it seems, please share it  ;D


Title: Re: Vitalik buterin suggests ripple is better than BTC.
Post by: Wong Kalong on February 26, 2019, 01:46:47 AM
Very strange for him to be telling the crypto community to use another alt coin other then his own.
But yeah it could be sarcasm. But quotes on twitter do not transmit this mannerism to well and people will take it as a statement he fully means to take seriously.
Maybe he knows something is going to happen with the ethereum hard fork in less than 3 days away.

A little strange, why does Vitalik promote other coins instead?
So curious about his statement, even though Eth has a better chance to continue to rise and be under bitcoin.
Many Eth communities want Eth to remain strong and become an altcoin that is a more innovative and popular platform.


Title: Re: Vitalik buterin suggests ripple is better than BTC.
Post by: 1Referee on February 26, 2019, 10:02:36 AM
A little strange, why does Vitalik promote other coins instead?
He doesn't. He's open minded enough to have other projects 'rent' his knowledge and connections.

So curious about his statement, even though Eth has a better chance to continue to rise and be under bitcoin.
Many Eth communities want Eth to remain strong and become an altcoin that is a more innovative and popular platform.
Vitalik has trashed his own coin numerous times already, and he'll keep doing that because he understand where it lacks, and he isn't shy of speaking out how hard it sucks in certain fields.

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Institutional adoption™ and Partnerships™, that alone says enough.

He has spoken out against everything that's centralized last year, and XRP is just a muscular version of a privately owned database.


Title: Re: Vitalik buterin suggests ripple is better than BTC.
Post by: Naida_BR on February 26, 2019, 10:52:15 AM
In a discussion about BTC, Vitalik buterin just said xrpp is better than BTC.

I think this is interesting, as many people keep saying ripple is a centralized shitcoin,etc, while it is not a shitcoin. On the other hand, it shows how Vitalik is not anymore that guy who would like to decentralize everything.

Lol, it is a sarcastic post, he doesn't really mean that.
And if it wasn't, he is not talking about the technology or the features that Ripple and Bitcoin have. He is talking about the marketing that Ripple team does in order to promote their project.

He still thinks that Ripple is a shitcoin. You should be very naive to believe the opposite.


Title: Re: Vitalik buterin suggests ripple is better than BTC.
Post by: UNOE on February 26, 2019, 11:01:01 AM
In a discussion about BTC, Vitalik buterin just said xrpp is better than BTC.

I think this is interesting, as many people keep saying ripple is a centralized shitcoin,etc, while it is not a shitcoin. On the other hand, it shows how Vitalik is not anymore that guy who would like to decentralize everything.

Lol, it is a sarcastic post, he doesn't really mean that.
And if it wasn't, he is not talking about the technology or the features that Ripple and Bitcoin have. He is talking about the marketing that Ripple team does in order to promote their project.

He still thinks that Ripple is a shitcoin. You should be very naive to believe the opposite.
I agree with you, and I do not think that Vitalik Buterin really means that Ripple is better than Bitcoin. Ethereum and Ripple are two different worlds, and they almost do not have any corelation, except that these coins are in top 3 of the coin market cap.


Title: Re: Vitalik buterin suggests ripple is better than BTC.
Post by: avikz on February 26, 2019, 11:02:10 AM
In a discussion about BTC, Vitalik buterin just said xrpp is better than BTC.

https://mobile.twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1099497025748398080
https://www.livecoins.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_5c73ebf25bff1.jpg

I think this is interesting, as many people keep saying ripple is a centralized shitcoin,etc, while it is not a shitcoin. On the other hand, it shows how Vitalik is not anymore that guy who would like to decentralize everything.

Please understand the sarcasm! Vitalik is not saying XRP is better than bitcoin. XRP is still a centralized shitcoin I would say! They are really not a competitor of bitcoin or ETH in any way!


Title: Re: Vitalik buterin suggests ripple is better than BTC.
Post by: realcrypto on February 26, 2019, 11:12:42 AM
His statement did not spell out that ripple is better than bitcoin. All the altcoins and their concept are all contributing to the growth of the entire ecosystem so non of them is indispensable. Bitcoin cannot be compare to any of them, Bitcoin remains the king.


Title: Re: Vitalik buterin suggests ripple is better than BTC.
Post by: Kevin77 on February 26, 2019, 06:44:57 PM
He wasn't praising XRP, anyone that reads this and thinks it validates the way Ripple works is either a shill for XRP or have no idea what sarcasm is. Dude is literally ripping XRP a new one about their "partnerships" and "adoptions" with how they work companies instead of focusing on being a b2c.

XRP only survives when they have contracts with banks and financial companies around the world that uses their blockchain to send and receive money for cheaper. It is not a coin, it is a way to move money and that's it.

He was just saying if that is what you are looking for in a coin than you might as well go with Ripple because that is all they do and that is all they are good for. In order to think that praises XRP in anyway or shape you would have to be proud of being "money moving system" instead of being a crypto currency.