Scammers hacked the late actor Matthew Perry’s Twitter account and posted a fake plea for cryptocurrency donations in the name of his foundation. The foundation confirmed the post was a scam and urged people not to donate.

The article details several possibilities for how the account may have been compromised, highlighting the importance of strong passwords and multi-factor authentication for securing social media accounts, especially for celebrities with large followings.

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“Do your own research” is not a way to get people to adopt a currency.

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Everybody in the world has adopted state currencies without doing any research. Now you are being given a choice, which is something humanity has never had. So yes, you have to do some research. I fully believe that the era of fiat currencies and government manipulation of currency is coming to a close. Gold is a useful currency, but not in modern times because you can’t transmit it over the internet, and it’s heavy to carry.

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People don’t even research who to vote for. Why would they research which of the countless cryptocurrencies to use?

I fully believe that the era of fiat currencies and government manipulation of currency is coming to a close.

Cool. People fully believe that Jesus is coming back too. Based on the same amount of evidence.

Gold is a useful currency

Useful currencies don’t lose significant amounts of their value if someone digs a hole in the right place.

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Useful currencies don’t lose significant amounts of their value if someone digs a hole in the right place.

There is a tiny, tiny amount of gold on planet earth to begin with, and most of it is in the mantle which is inaccessible to us, leaving very little in the crust where it can be reached. Golds “inflation” rate is ~1.5% per year ove thousands of years using gold. People can buy more things with gold. Miners will mine more gold. And people will be able to buy less things with gold because there is more gold. Conversely, if you can buy less things with gold than normal, miners will mine less gold, therefore making less gold to buy things, and the gold will buy more things. Now once we end up in space and can mine asteroids, we might change the story.

People don’t even research who to vote for. Why would they research which of the countless cryptocurrencies to use?

They won’t, and that is both fortunate and unfortunate. Most people will probably buy Bitcoin since that is what they have heard of for over a decade. And that is not necessarily a great thing because of its transparency. However, going from one crypto to another is super easy. So once they are in Bitcoin, they can go anywhere they wish. The collective market decides which ones rise and which ones fall primarily based on their usefulness, at tasks. Just as a simple example, I used to use Bitcoin, but changed because the fees got too high, and it’s not privacy protecting. And Monero filled both of those roles better.

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