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> All the actors in crypto are bad and you should not trust what they say, even Vitalik.

To someone in good mental health, Vitalik has written 4k words giving an accurate overview of the Community Notes algorithm and its context and was peer reviewed by two others, one of them the lead ML engineer at Twitter. The first sentence in your reply reads like a paranoid delusion and the undertone of anger makes it concerning. You should take a break from whatever echo chambers you frequent and reflect on your mental state, perhaps with the guidance of a specialist.


I don't think the thousands of people who lost their life savings and have been scammed would agree your assessment.

Perhaps those who lost their savings and are affected by ransomware by crypto should they see a specialist for the amount of damage that crypto has caused them in getting their savings wiped out due to the speculative nature of crypto that Vitalik has helped to build.

No amount of technical talk, ad hominems, or you fawning wax lyrical over Vitalik will change this fact and my statement still stands.


> fawning wax lyrical

That's the thing, it's literally just facts. And yes, even after experiencing loss, it's even more unhealthy to lose one's ability to judge new situations rationally.


> "And yes, even after experiencing loss, it's even more unhealthy to lose one's ability to judge new situations rationally."

So this is what you said when one of your family members persistently begged to you for money because they gambled it all on crypto?

It's a fact that millions of people have lost their life savings, got rugpulled, had to pay extra on 'fees', had their work destroyed due to ransomware and got their 'tokens' drained over Vitalik's creation, Ethereum, he is the one who got rich in this pyramid he orchestrated.

I think he shouldn't be immune from criticism regardless of what he's rambling on about, you seem to think that he is above criticism because he is some sort of technical intellectual with humility. The law and regulations doesn't care.

It's morbidly unhealthy to be blind to a person's bad actions, ignore all the effects and suffering their actions has caused and to take a bullet and defend that said person.

Some recommended reading for you:

https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/crypto-is-a-scam.html




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