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designerarvid • today at 6:23 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

Turns out that there are quite good reasons to have a centralised currency after all. Who would’ve known.

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rubzah • today at 10:00 AM

Isn't the centralization the reason they got stolen? It was Binance that was hacked, not the blockchain technology.

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nicman23 • today at 6:24 AM

yeah the issue is if you built it they will co opt it

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otabdeveloper4 • today at 6:46 AM

Turns out the reason crypto was invented isn't "decentralization" at all, it was nerds feeling left out and wanting their own financial instrument grift.

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diego_sandoval • today at 7:17 AM

Yes, but there are more good reasons to have it be decentralized.

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