Like which ones? Monero is the biggest one I’m aware of that has mining but no ASICs.

How is malware going to steal funds locked in escrow?

They wouldn’t? Monero is more profitable for botnets than bitcoin because it (deliberately) doesn’t require specialized hardware.

Who was talking about ransomware? Maybe I’m missing some context here.

It prevents the theft in the first place because they’d need to hack two parties instead of just one.

Do I look like I’m cool enough for that‽

Isn’t this a right wing meme about centrists, but with the text changed?

The Bitcoin side wouldn’t catch you, because that interferes with the user’s choice to hit the ground.

Yeah it’s designed for botnets instead.

Yeah I’m using this cool new Lightning cryptocurrency, check it out.

But then why still be anti bitcoin?

They’re not moving the goalposts.

How much does the entire banking and credit card industry contribute to emissions for almost the same service?

The current systems used by VISA

bitcoin ecosystem vs fiat ecosystem

Ah, moving the goal posts, aren’t we?

I think they’re referring to renewables that otherwise wouldn’t be cost effective.

You can opt in to an arbitrator before sending the money.

I seriously thought your punchline was going to be the pacific garbage patch from all that extra consumption we’ve encouraged.

But I want to buy and sell illegal goods and services.

“Difficulty adjustment” minimizes profits. You get a much higher return on the stock market than you do holding dollars.

Yeah but I don’t already know the winning lotto numbers

They already do that with SI prefixes.

It’s not “capitalist”, it’s capitalist. This is what capitalism does.

You can use a p2p service, like Lightning with onion routing.