• LootGoblin42@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    yeah, but we have ipv6 now. ipv4 was never designed to be a scarce asset, and it’s managed by a centralized authority.

    XMR is one of the best cryptocurrencies. Big fan of privacy!

    I’ve been holding bitcoin since 2011. Haven’t had any instances of “losing all my money without doing anything wrong”.

    • Baut [she/her] auf.@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 months ago

      But that’s digital scarcity, even if not designed like that.
      You didn’t lose anything because it’s completely random. There are big pools just randomly generating wallets to see if they get a used one. And they had multiple hits.
      Even when not talking about people not good with computers, people mess up backups and forget passwords. They shouldn’t lose their belongings just because of that.