Hopefully we all are but the divided god, an Universe that is zero sum/loss.

They don't have the means to trade for it and are missing much of the infrastructure to make it work.

Money's worth isn't just about people recognizing it as such, there's the very real resources, manufacturing and services provided that are limited. Money ultimately facilitates the trade of these elements, the distribution of them.

Printing more money in itself is not necessarily bad, but too much can definitely be. Now, the problem with cryptos is that who's gonna stop people from replicating them. Not as limited as you thought now, eh? Also, one should mind that if it were just one of them it could still add to the inflation due to it not existing in a vacuum, they are attached to an existing system. Essentially also printing money as they gain value.

It's not really much of a problem if, say, diamonds cost a billion times more or whatever, because they don't have the liquid potential that crypto-currencies do. If the flood gates are opened they could bring some crazy hyperinflation that could be disastrous. See, cryptos, if mainstream, compete with currencies that stood alone within their national territories, you have effectively increased the amount of money, and probably slowed down productivity due to all the speculation. That means as a whole there would be more money to be traded against the same or less stuff than there was before.

One should remember that bitcoins and the other top alts, same as much of the wealth of the planet, is in very few people's hands. Great minds behind it, but I wonder if this was the right way to implement it and distribute it.

Without governments and laws, everyone would be fending for themselves, and unless you are a big fish in the vast ocean it might not be as great as you think. Even the concept of private property, never mind money being worth anything relies on the pacification brought by laws and enforcement. Or it would be the few elites and their private armies running the show and most everyone else as serfs. And sure, there's quite a bit of difference between one country's leadership and another.

It's pretty bad for most on this planet now, but it could certainly get much worse. To help people help themselves education is the way to go. Got to be capable of producing things, for there to be things to trade. The real wealth is, again, in the goods and services that someone needs to provide.

Let's hope I'm wrong, cause I'm a bit scared for the future of us all.

Freedom is only to be reached when one is complete. One becomes all. All become one. Sounds familliar?

But that might just be a larger cage.

Similar and worse. A lot of humans are asses when they can.


Maybe ban cellphones, too? Just kidding.

While they can make you sick, like in my case, it's a very rare exception.

Vaccines don't heal, but try to prevent you from being infected by a particular strain. It's like teaching your immune system about a threat before it meets one in the wild.

I've read of people that get into prison on purpose in order to rank up in their organisation.

And about penal colonies, wasn't Australia one of them? That one seems to have turned out pretty well somehow.

The pictures I found do look awesome. Wish I can travel the world some day.

There's just a lot of stuff out there against which vaccination either doesn't work, has low effectivity, or only lasts for a short period of time.

I think vaccination is still good for those diseases where it is really effective, for the well being of the greater population. Also, herd immunity helps those who can't get them themselves.

I'm saying it as someone who got their life ruined by vaccination. It's possibly hereditary too, but at least I didn't plan on having children anyway. It wasn't in a developed country, so I didn't even get compensation for that. You could say I won the wrong lottery. FML.

Shouldn't you use PMs for this?

Good luck getting it back!

World domination, powers and free meal!

Maybe, if there's no terrible side effects. 

Some people that practiced cannibalism actually did it because they thought they could get powers from that, while others just enjoyed the taste of it..

It does make it easier. It's a great way to hide assets and move them in secret. Wasn't it why the Chinese multi-billionaires got into it years ago?

For an advanced nation to change into fully digital wouldn't be too different than the way it is now. But to make the currency similar to the ones discussed here, it still wouldn't be smooth unless the government started a project of their own and progressively traded them against what they are currently using.

Cool site. Too bad it doesn't go way back.

The odd situation where the high speculative value of many cryptos are also preventing them from fulfilling the role they were supposed to serve. I imagine the black market still actively uses it as currency even today, or have they shifted to some other coin.

As someone clueless, I have to ask about what makes it really stand out?