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Donald J. Trump: Now accepting crypto (www.donaldjtrump.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/16083504

The first major presidential candidate to accept bitcoin (and crypto) donations? Still a shitty candidate, like Biden, but at least the Donald is more innovative than su abuelo Biden.

Thoughts on this?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It kind of makes crypto look bad?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I guess the critics were right: crypto is used for supporting criminal activities.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think donating to any of the two major candidates makes people look bad. But does it make the USD look bad?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't donate to any party, but Trump accepting crypto immediately makes it look like a scam. I don't think it really changes how people see the US dollar, it just makes Trump seem desperate. Why else would a man so devoted to enforcing backwards 1950s values suddenly become accepting of something like crypto?

[+] [email protected] -8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think Donald started to talk about crypto after talking to Vivek. Anyway, I don't understand the reasoning "Donald takes crypto" -> crypto scam, but "Donald takes USD" -> usd not scam. I mean, "crypto" is a scam, I agree as a bitcoiner, but for other reasons.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Because literally everyone in the US accepts the dollar? Trump wouldn't risk using something he definitely doesn't understand, such as crypto, unless someone convinced him it was a new way to bilk people out of their money. If Vivek Ramaswamy convinced him to use it then they are definitely trying to do something underhanded with crypto

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Don't give your coins to politicians, kids. They'll just become dependent and less able to survive in the wild.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Still a shitty candidate, like Biden

Trump is nothing like Biden. That's like saying leaporsy is painful, like a paper cut.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Trump can say and do whatever he wants. It all sounds like a blur of horseshit to me. We'd be better off if he stuck with the NFTs and spare Bitcoin his grifty reputation.