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0 pointsINTPenis2y ago0 comments

But what if the BTC was traded in for real money and donated to a charity?

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Maybe they don't believe that charity is a good thing? Or that they should have the power to decide what's a good thing?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/charity/against_1.shtml

b1122y ago

But what if the time you just spent typing that, was instead, donated to charity?

This question can be asked about anything. Like my new car! Or that I ate a steak instead of chicken.

pwdisswordfishc2y ago

Currency is not a resource, it's a kind of debt arrangement.

INTPenisOP2y ago

So? You can still trade the BTC in for money and do more good with it than just dumping it into /dev/null.

jampekka2y ago

Now they instead gave the opportunity for other bitcoin holders to do good with the /dev/null'ed coins.

It's like giving up quota in a shared storage system for all others (in proportion to their quotas). And not like e.g. throwing away food or destructing buildings.

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jampekka2y ago

Maybe they don't believe that charity is a good thing? Or that they should have the power to decide what's a good thing?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/charity/against_1.shtml

b1122y ago

But what if the time you just spent typing that, was instead, donated to charity?

This question can be asked about anything. Like my new car! Or that I ate a steak instead of chicken.

pwdisswordfishc2y ago

Currency is not a resource, it's a kind of debt arrangement.

INTPenisOP2y ago

So? You can still trade the BTC in for money and do more good with it than just dumping it into /dev/null.

jampekka2y ago

Now they instead gave the opportunity for other bitcoin holders to do good with the /dev/null'ed coins.

It's like giving up quota in a shared storage system for all others (in proportion to their quotas). And not like e.g. throwing away food or destructing buildings.

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