Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

> We are now in a world where wealth is being rapidly redistributed from people who don't read the instructions, to those of us who do.

Can you link me to these instructions?



The complete instructions for all cryptocurrencies are as follows:

1) "Caveat Emptor"


I have no stake in crypto besides a bit of eth. 2 coinbase examples. First: your deposits are covered only if they're denominated in USD. Second example was the fine print on Coinbase's crypto-loan thing where they said they're giving custody to a 3rd party and giving you all the risk. Good luck on that APY!

A free third example is all of these "APY" and yield-farming things in defi (usually) project figures based on a couple of early whales moving into a shitcoin, getting random people into it, then swapping liquidity to the next one. The initial move isn't exactly a lie, but assuming the next 6-18 months will sustain the advertised number is (imo) quite deceitful. Now you get to "stake" and lock yourself in for months! Yikes. That's on top of liquidity vanishing in a crisis.

tl;dr the nuance on this stuff is detailed, and the details are important in times of crisis




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: