Comp Sci prof who doesn't think much of crypto

Discussion in 'Crypto Assets' started by tango29, Jul 10, 2022.

  1. I don't think so.
     
    #131     Jul 15, 2022
  2. Sprout

    Sprout

    #132     Jul 15, 2022
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  3. Binance & FTX are both notorious for wash trading volume, so you are essentially proving my point.
    Since BTC has no DeFi or DEX presence, it fully relies on CEXs, who essentially have free reign to manipulate any way they see fit. CZ & SBF aren't sure super wealthy cause they are nice guys when it comes crypto traders & investors.
     
    #133     Jul 15, 2022
  4. I am curious on these facts regarding FTX. Show it.
     
    #134     Jul 15, 2022
  5. Sprout

    Sprout

    There's 238k btc on ethereum as wbtc ($4bil usd), the better platforms and protocols utilize pools that have wbtc as a component.

    https://wbtc.network/dashboard/order-book
     
    #135     Jul 15, 2022
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  6. Rapunzel

    Rapunzel

    Lol. Strong opinion on this.
     
    #136     Jul 16, 2022
  7. M.W.

    M.W.

    Definitely... Zero tolerance for totally false and misleading information.

     
    #137     Jul 17, 2022
  8. Do you mean this shitcoin?
    https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/wrapped-bitcoin
    You also forgot:
    https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/renbtc

    Too bad the amounts are lackluster considering BTC total supply & market cap. I would guess half the amount is in liquidity pools, the rest is collateral. Really does not compare to ETH position as an asset in DeFi.

    DeFi would love for more BTC involvement, it just adds collateral to leverage and pumps all the ecosystems. But the BTC maxis will not venture into ETH land that heavy, for two primary reasons:

    1) It exposes that WBTC is essentially superior to BTC, so if the ETH version of Bitcoin is better than Bitcoin, whats the point of the actual BTC network?

    2) Wrapping Bitcoin goes through an admin, a centralized party, mostly CEXs. So that risk is existent and many BTC guys are against that. Which circles back to my original point, that BTC does rely on centralized parties.
     
    #138     Jul 17, 2022
  9. renBTC brings back old memories.

    For the perma-bears in this group which are totally confused at what renBTC even is (which is basically all of them), please watch the below because I'm not going to bother going into details:

     
    #139     Jul 17, 2022