But .. they're two Ethereums now.

but yea, I understand those arguments. They seem more legit than the "energy consumption" arguments. I also don't like the "it's decentralized" argument when the largest miners typically have the best ability to confirm (and thereby control) most chains.

and I worked in Chicago right before the 2018 BTC bust. It's a huge fintech town and a lot of developers I talked to told me, "it's [crypto] straight up market manipulation" at that time. There were some interesting pastebins I wish I had saved, where people found all kinds of weird pump and dump stuff.

I've usually not cared about crypto, but lately I've considered them more since it looks like the world is heading into a planned financial collapse. Still .. feel like it's better to just buy metals/gold over crypto. :blobcatgooglyshrug: