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They don't want a multitude of smaller governments they want corporations. corporations with no regulation or oversight other then "If you don't like them don't buy from them! they'll go away really!"
How is that any different than gold?
Gold has actual use outside of being a currency which is one of the reasons it's valuable. (and before the inevitable "OMG FIAT CURRENCY HAS NO VALUE EITHER" It has the weight of governments behind it. Like it or not they make it valuable.)
I also think gold is a terrible idea for a currency, or a terrible idea for backing a currency - Get that out of the way as well.
It's articles like this (and the ferver on reddit) that has driven me away from bitcoin. The only way for people to make money with bitcoin is if people buy more bitcoin. /that/ is the ponzi scheme.
Ontop of all of it. What a stupid article.
bitcoin also takes itself very, very seriously which raises the bar for entry by normal people. Why would you use dogecoin when you could have all the fedora wearing neckbeard libertarian preaching?
No - The problem lies in the fact they tried to create a "One size fits all" solution and failed at creating a usable desktop OS. Windows 8 is fine on a phone, it's the desktop that's the problem.
(before anyone jumps down my throat, yes you can mod Windows 8 so it's more usable in a desktop environment but that's not the point)