Cryptocoins are a pyramid scheme today. Cryptocurrency is an idea that could change the world, for the better.
I discuss banking, means of exchange, third world poverty, greed and avarice. Change and technology. Old ideas and new.
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\nThis episode was inspired by a question: "Is bitcoin a ponzi or pyramid scheme?"
\n My answer:
"Yes it is. As it stands. Cryto is a means of exchange - not a speculation vehicle or an investment. As an ex-banker I saw great potential. The number of clients I had sending money overseas, and the costs they paid were near criminal. Then as a banker - I also know what I would have done to disrupt a technology that might replace my own industry? At minimum it would risk profits. I would create instability in the market. Thus negating the tool of exchange - and minimizing the risk to my own hegemony. All while profiting on both sides. The help intended: still charging as much as 30% to send funds to a third world country. Trillions being stolen from hard working honest people."
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