What is a technological advancement today that you wish never existed?

Technology@kbin.social – 25 points – 1 years ago

For me, I would choose computer viruses.

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Someone once bought a pizza with them, but since that time their transactions have become too slow and their value too volatile to exchange them for anything so concrete.

I wish we could go back to the time when bitcoin was this crazy new currency and not a vessel for pump-and-dump schemes. It seems like such a cool idea, and I'd totally be on board with it due to the decentralization aspect (like I am with the fediverse) if it actually managed to be what it set out to be

It was never very suited as a currency, if by currency you mean a convenient medium of exchange. If by currency you mean a convenient medium of speculation and money laundering, I think it can be argued that was always the idea.

Well, technically, it is decent at being a currency even by your definition, just not in our society. I do think in something like a post apocalyptic world crypto would be a pretty good payment method, provided the technology worked to an extent where it would be possible to maintain.

I also refuse to believe it was invented to be speculative, I think it was basically a thought exercise to see if you could make a digital currency in a world where you can't trust anyone.

Though the fact that right now it's an unregulated currency that can be exchanged for regulated currency does allow for some pretty spectacular scams.