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You replaced trust in a bank with trust in this centralized service.

Where's the merit?



In this particular instance, yes. With this specific use case, there isn't. But adoption of Bitcoin in general is a net positive (I think of something like these notes being a gateway drug to self-custody).


Adoption of Bitcoin is a net positive on the CO2 being added to the atmosphere for sure.




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