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Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists', and things only get weirder from there (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 22 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That's because 90% of cryptocurrency marketing consists of "THINK OF THE GAAAAAAINS YOU CAN MAKE!" instead of "You can use this to buy things without government censorship".

The entire crypto industry has based itself around being a speculative asset, not a currency.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Which is really unfortunate. If you avoid the most popular coins (Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc), you avoid most of the scams and speculation and end up with a decent currency that respects your privacy and has low fees.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

monero?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago

Yup, Monero is probably the best option. I've heard good things about Z-cash, and Bitcoin can work on the lightning network.

[–] cannon_annon88@lemmy.today 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Tell me more

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Monero is perhaps the best option imo. Here's the official page about it, but basically:

  • not profitable to mine, so most miners are enthusiasts who want the coin to succeed
  • privacy-focused - basically creates a ton of fake transactions to mislead snoopers
  • relatively popular - seems to be the most popular coin recommended by privacy enthusiasts (e.g. Mental Outlaw, he even gives a discount on his store for Monero)
  • not popular among speculators - they mostly stick to the big ones (BTC and ETH), as well as new startup coins
  • low cost transactions, fairly short transaction window

It's far from ubiquitous, but it's popular enough that if a place accepts any crypto, there's a good chance they accept Monero as well.

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 1 points 3 hours ago

Is it really the best option when no business uses them?