• Fisch@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    Monero actually has very good uses. It does use POW but their algorithm is made to encourage using CPUs instead of GPUs and slower, power efficient devices, which makes it a lot less energy intensive than other POW cryptocurrencies.

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      7 months ago

      It’s only use is illegal commerce. It’s the only one thar actually has a purpose, and it’s to help criminals.

      • sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        Privacy is a crime? I pay for several online services with XMR (or BTC swapped from XMR): Jmp.chat (mobile service), EteSync (E2EE contact sync), Proton Mail, Mullvad VPN, Usenet (might have an argument there).

        Why can’t I access Google’s individual transactions but they should have access to mine?