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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)

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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

The real-world usecase is to make very few people very rich IRL. Just like any other crypto scam.

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[–] original_ish_name@lemm.ee -2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Tell me you know nothing about Monero without telling me you know nothing about Monero

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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 years ago

That's right, luckily I don't.

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