A Bitcoin investor was recently scammed out of 9 Bitcoin (worth around $490K) in a fake “Exodus wallet” desktop application for Linux, published in the Canonical Snap Store. This isn’t the first time; if nothing changes, it likely won’t be the last.

  • RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    “Bro, I’ll trade your food for this fancy piece of paper”

    “What can I do with it”

    “Trade it for more food with a bigger fool than you”

    “I’m in”

    (Not saying that you’re wrong, just your argument is stupid)

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      7 months ago

      “Trade it for more food with a bigger fool than you”

      Or of course buy any other commodity that you require in life. Which isn’t the case with any crypto.

      • RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml
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        7 months ago

        That only works if you find someone who accepts your money. The difference to crypto is that most people accept money, only few accept crypto