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Craig Wright wins dispute over $50B in Bitcoin

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Re: Craig Wright wins dispute over $50B in Bitcoin

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Post by _zoltan_ »

bob446 wrote: post #4

Who cares. Nothing has ever been less consequential than crypto nonsense

I don't think you could be further from the truth. Just flat wrong.

Look at DeFi. Look at all the apps that are being written on blockchains. Sure, there are scam projects, but a lot of genuinely great ideas are being developed.

For example nobody used AMMs until Uniswap started doing it and now they are the norm.

Re: Craig Wright wins dispute over $50B in Bitcoin

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Post by admn2 »

g42gregory wrote: post #2

I totally agree with the skepticism that he is Satoshi Nakamoto. But the fact alone that he owns 1.1 million Bitcoin? How do we explain that? This make me curious, to say the least.

I'm confused by this too. Sounds like he's only believed to be the owner of the original 1 million BTC. I think until he actually moves 1 coin, most people remain very skeptical. Can someone correct me? I guess that would bring into question what he was being sued for if there wasn't definitive proof.

Re: Craig Wright wins dispute over $50B in Bitcoin

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Post by TigeriusKirk »

g42gregory wrote: post #2

I totally agree with the skepticism that he is Satoshi Nakamoto. But the fact alone that he owns 1.1 million Bitcoin? How do we explain that? This make me curious, to say the least.

He testified that he owns that bitcoin, but we don't really know that he does.

Re: Craig Wright wins dispute over $50B in Bitcoin

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Post by BillSaysThis »

_zoltan_ wrote: post #5
bob446 wrote: post #4

Who cares. Nothing has ever been less consequential than crypto nonsense

I don't think you could be further from the truth. Just flat wrong. Look at DeFi. Look at all the apps that are being written on blockchains. Sure, there are scam projects, but a lot of genuinely great ideas are being developed. For example nobody used AMMs until Uniswap started doing it and now they are the norm.

From someone outside the DeFi/blockchain space, so far mostly what I see are reports of $millions in $TOKEN being "stolen". Would love to see reports of real-world useful, in-production apps that a) require $TOKE, b) are done without increasing climate change, and c) aren't mainly used to prove the greater fool theory (once again), e.g., Bored Ape NFTs.

Re: Craig Wright wins dispute over $50B in Bitcoin

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Post by skinnymuch »

_zoltan_ wrote: post #5
bob446 wrote: post #4

Who cares. Nothing has ever been less consequential than crypto nonsense

I don't think you could be further from the truth. Just flat wrong. Look at DeFi. Look at all the apps that are being written on blockchains. Sure, there are scam projects, but a lot of genuinely great ideas are being developed. For example nobody used AMMs until Uniswap started doing it and now they are the norm.

What sort of apps? Most stuff in the public eye are things centralizing stuff. Like the big exchanges and big NFT sites.

What sort of apps are good that are being written on blockchain? Especially ones that require crypto[currency]

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