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> For many years I've just viewed all of my devices as possibly compromised.

so you consider that someone may be reading and possibly modifying data on any computer/phone you own, okay

> It's one of the reasons I've been very down on cryptocurrencies in general

but you are willing to have form of money that is only accessible via said computer/phone that someone can read and use as if he was you?

how does it work? how's this not a contradiction?



Are you interpreting "down on cryptocurrencies" to mean "in favour of cryptocurrencies"? I think GP meant the opposite.


It's confusing how "I'm down for that" has an opposite meaning from "I'm down on that".


I considered saying bearish. Maybe I could have been clearer.

I have a low opinion about the usefulness of cryptocurrencies because true security is so difficult. It's basically impossible, even if you don't make any mistakes.

I really enjoy this kind of stuff, and loved reading about the z-cash ceremony. I'm not going to those lengths to protect my secrets, so I feel it's better if I don't hold a lot of wealth in such a fragile way.

I used to like it, but now I don't. It's still neat, but it's too prone to costly mistakes.


They try to make default banking activity on those devices many of us consider possibly compromised...


I'd just say "I'm against"

not everyone is a stock marketeer - I personally keep reading bullish as derived from a bully - something clearly negative


So bearish is negative? What about hawkish?


Bullish and bearish are common stock market terms[1] meaning optimistic and pessimistic. Hawkish means advocating war, which doesn't clearly align with optimistic or pessimistic.

[1] https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/bullish-vs-bear...


And the same meaning as "I'm up for that".




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