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Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by TigeriusKirk »

Wow. This is amazing. Worth preserving for the ages, seriously.

A crypto-island scheme has been a thing since the very early days of bitcoin. None of them ever get anywhere, of course.

Now that I think about it, there was some sort of bitcoiner ranch/compound/village/utopia in some place like Chile or Argentina. I think it actually did get off the ground, but I don't remember hearing any more about it. I'll have to rabbit hole that soon.

EDIT- It was in Chile, and it fell apart long ago. https://www.vice.com/en/article/bn53b3/atlas-mugged-922-v21n...

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by TigeriusKirk »

slg wrote: post #32

Here[1] is an article with more details. One worrying detail is that whoever runs the Cryptoland Twitter account "joking" about the age of consent being the age of "mental maturity". It is always interesting what laws these people prioritize changing. [1] - https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3n38x/cryptocurrency-invest...

You'd assume they'd be subject to the laws of whatever country that island is in. One thing you can be certain of is that no country is ceding any territory for them to form their own nation.

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by habeebtc »

zoneone wrote: post #18

Why would you want to live in a theme-park on a remote jungle island in a volatile jurisdiction with a bunch of assholes?

Some people cannot conceive of the thing falling apart and everyone dying of hunger and thirst.

It is rather less tropical but Put In Bay fits the bill much better.

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by perihelions »

arcticbull wrote: post #33
pcwalton wrote: post #17

Ironically given the benefits that the cryptocurrency ecosystem supposedly brings to artists, this promotional material contains stolen IP from at least one independent artist [1]. Cryptoland's response was to block the victim [2]. [1]: https://twitter.com/kamilabianchi/status/1478764832967086083 [2]: https://twitter.com/kamilabianchi/status/1479852849932734477

They also sent a cease and desist to one of the folks making fun of them on twitter - for making fun of them, on twitter. [1] [1] https://twitter.com/molly0xfff/status/1479974074986209286?s=...

That's a very effective way to inspire people to make fun of you, on Twitter.

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by trhway »

a shark shaped island and a "Vladimir Club" in the center! Looks like an opening of a Hawaiian themed Snatch. Vladimir dressed in lei will come personally to break your legs.

If to expand the target audience beyond the crypto toward all the youngish and hip - well it looks like the Metaverse that FB wants to put the world into, no real island required.

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by nvr219 »

Speednet wrote: post #22
buildbuildbuild wrote: post #10

319 ETH per acre. ($1mil USD today) I'm struggling to find a way to constructively criticize. Project aside, the video is not at all professional to a western audience. (watch all of it, I dare you) It's stylistically tone-deaf for their target market, grift notwithstanding. Who decided that real estate investors need a cartoon? At least Fyre's promo content felt "cool."

I don't think I'd be so gentle. It is one of the most cringe-worthy things I've seen in quite some time. Makes the crypto space seem like it's entirely inhabited by morons and fools.

Where's the lie

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by cinntaile »

riffic wrote: post #36
cinntaile wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Regardless of what you think about crypto, wishing people to lose their homes and potentially lives is morally questionable don't you think?

wishes aren’t magic. There's a difference, morally, between doing someone harm and a desire for someone to be harmed.

How is the moral difference between wishing and doing relevant? It doesn't help determine if wishing something bad can be morally questionable, which was my claim that you disagree(?) with.
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