• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
      2312·
      1 year ago

      Exactly. Bitcoin is a zombie technology. And Monero is taking the reins.

      • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
        2515·
        1 year ago

        All crypto-currencies are overhyped, almost cult-like trash that do nothing but create problems and waste energy. The whole lot of them, no exceptions and they will all fade away eventually, when the fad moves on.

        • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
          79·
          1 year ago

          Except, that you missed the fact that it has moved on. It’s now on AI and crypto is still around and growing.

    • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
      132·
      1 year ago

      They want to become a money transfer service. The whole Bitcoin by email thing, it’s a play to make themselves the middleman of a Venmo type architecture

      So any two proton users who have the wallet enabled, can send and receive money seamlessly using their custodial key management…

      • Pilgrim@beehaw.org
        51·
        1 year ago

        Sorry, I understand why a company would want to capitalize on the crypto bubble if it was 2022, but I meant this more as an existential “whyyyyy” but didn’t have the energy for that.

        • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I don’t think they care if it’s crypto, crypto is just one way to do it, they want to be the intermediary between people’s transfers

          • delirious_owl@discuss.online
            3·
            1 year ago

            Well, crypto is more secure. You couldn’t really do that securely with a fiat system

          • makeasnek@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            They aren’t an intermediary. It’s a fully self-custody wallet.

      • makeasnek@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It’s a self-custody wallet, they do not control the keys.