Just try it. It just a lot more convenient and results are great.
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I don't know any working thing using crypto in a way that it acutally make sense and couldn't be already be done easier and similiar safe.
Even in big companies you always see examples which break the technology like creating something on the blockchain which has a connection to the real world.
Try to send some big amount of money internationally and you will see why crypto is the future. With regular banks it takes days, weeks and many times months due to intermediate banks, AML questions, reviews, etc and have very high costs associated for simple transfers of money hardly earned.
With cryptocurrencies it takes seconds or minutes and no questions asked with very low fees
Energy use that doesn't deliver concrete value to the world. Mostly just speculators and gambling, but uses a a couple hundred TWh of electricity worldwide.
Yes yes I know, some applications are lower energy usage but parent comment is asking about the ethics of crypto in general.
> Energy use that doesn't deliver concrete value to the world
How is that any different from fast trading computers producing 'wealth' by juggling inflated derivatives and 'generating' water vapor value from hot air...
> Mostly just speculators and gambling, but uses a a couple hundred TWh of electricity worldwide.
Parent asked about ethics of crypto, the technology, in general. This comment isn't about the technology, but the applications, and doesn't answer their question.
I don't necessarily think we should separate applications from theory, but to be more crisp, I would probably say the facilitation of money laundering and funding of terrorist groups is something unethical.
Would you be shocked to know that US dollars are used more for both money laundering and funding terrorism than cryptocurrencies? Should we outlaw US dollars due to facilitating unethical uses?
> I don't necessarily think we should separate applications from theory
Sure, not in general, but shaism was specifically asking for theory, and you replied to them without actually answering their question. And you still haven't.
> the facilitation of money laundering and funding of terrorist groups
...and this isn't unique to crypto, either, so it's unclear that it's relevant.
ASML has awesome tech, and the European engineering deep tech supply chain has always been great. Look at the deep supply chains for automotive.
However, the comparison with Silicon Valley is superficial. Silicon Valley is an absolute powerhouse across the technology spectrum but particularly on the software side, and has repeatedly for decades churn out innovative companies. While the article calls ASML “digital”, based on my experience working with ASML, their unique strengths is system integration, not software.
And while there is plenty of scientific talent in Europe, which for semiconductor is somewhat clustered around Eindhoven thanks to ASML, the talent and capital density + culture of Silicon Valley is still unrivaled.
No, clustered around Eindhoven due to the former Philips Natlab [1,2] (Natuurkundig Laboratorium or 'Physics Laboratory') which served as an incubator for many new technologies. The company which is now ASML got its start there as well.
Fully agree. Even as second generation immigrant, meaning being born in the EU, I feel less accepted in the EU than when I lived in the US for two years.
I felt that doing things “differently” or having unique background is more often perceived positively in the US than in the EU. In the EU, the norms force you to fit in, whereas in the US, you are allowed to pave your own way, whether that means success or failure.
1. Put rice in 2. Put water in. 3. Press a button. 4. Come back whenever you want (exact duration doesn‘t matter since a good rice cooker will keep the rice warm and moist).