@cobordism @hyc @voxel IMHO the only thing that moving #Ethereum from #PoW to #PoS achieved is raising the wall to make it harder, more expensive amd less attractive for #SmallInvestors to fiddle with it.

• #NotFinancialAdvice but I would've always disrecommended that espechally after #Buterin et. al. decided to #Backroll due to them and others having been #HornyForMoney and wanting to pull funds from #TheDAO.

Demondtrably, #EthereumClassic would at least be more trustworthy, alas that's an Opinion based off 'vibes'…

• Whether the PoS transition did save energy is debateable since #Ethereum uses #ASIC|s which makes it way more polluting due to these being useless for anything else. #Scalpers are shit but at the very least a #CPU or #GPU can be reused elsewhere…

@tinker I do point these things out to folks from the #USA as well as tools to calculate their actual net payout (i.e. https://nettolohn.de ) as well as the fact that most things here are #mandatory, nit "#perks" like #AffordableHealthcare, #PTO / #PaidVacationLeave, #PaidSickLeave, #PensionFunds, etc. and that these are 100% #transferable across employers and notbtied to a specific employment.

• OFC employers may offer benefits on top of that like a company car they can use as an individual (tho they'd have to pay tax on that -> #NotTaxAdvice / #NotFinancialAdvice!), or subsidized #PublicTransport tickets or just terms that are better than the legally mandated minimums.

Granted, #CostOfLiving in the #USA have gone so absurdly high and #wages have stagnated so hard that >50% of the people there literally can't afford to survive there!

@acontios @hivane you don't?

Cuz @ripencc fees are the least od the problems...

@malteengeler well, as much as I hate #Shitcoins like #Bitcoin, it's not as if #Governments have made much progress to convince me or others that they do more than the bare minimum to make people not guillotine #buillonaires.

• Obviously, #Monero works way better as #currency than any #Shitcoin and even better than @signalapp 's #MobileCoin-#Scam!

@drewharwell
SHORT
SHORT
SHORT

#NotFinancialAdvice
#sarcasm

@taylorlorenz I might buy some if he does. #notfinancialadvice

@uneased #NotFinancialAdvice