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RobotToaster • yesterday at 10:28 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

That doesn't sound very decentralised.


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johanyc • today at 5:49 AM

Stable coins are not decentralized

wyager • today at 6:55 AM

Stablecoins only use the accoutrement of blockchain as smoke and mirrors to distract and confuse regulators, not because they actually benefit from it at a technical level. They aren't really decentralized at all and could just as easily be a database, except for the regulatory thing

tjwebbnorfolk • today at 5:20 AM

nothing about crypto is decentralized. it's verified by enormous mining farms, who contribute hashes to centralized pools, all stored on one central ledger, and interfaces with the fiat/legit financial system only by using that very financial system.

oh, and three acounts hold like 25% of all btc in circulation.

crypto can do some things, but decentralization isn't one of them. just ask Coinbase

USD tether is barely crypto at all, it's a wrapper around treasury bonds which the US govt. regulates

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