Proton releases a self-custody bitcoin wallet | TechCrunch
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Proton's first cryptocurrency product is a wallet called Proton Wallet that's designed to make it easier to get started with bitcoin.

Proton isn’t reinventing the wheel with this crypto wallet. But it’s another solid option for people looking to create a crypto wallet for the first time. However, cryptocurrencies tend to be a polarizing topic, so let’s see if Proton Wallet doesn’t hurt Proton’s brand image in the future.

  • More information: Proton Blog Article
  • @yildolw@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2•5 months ago

    Possession of any cryptocurrency should be punished by 5 years in prison. The only use case is paying ransoms to North Korea, and the side effects are destroying our climate

    • @rogue_scholar@eviltoast.orgEnglish
      2•5 months ago

      I don’t even need to read the rest of the thread, this HAS to be the dumbest take. And I think cryptocurrency is inherently a pyramid scheme.

      • KaynAEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        Welcome to Lemmy!

        • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1•5 months ago

          Yeah, I don’t get it. We all came here because Reddit, a centralized service, did us dirty and we got pissed and left. We just came out of high inflation and many areas still have high inflation, and it’s largely because of central banks doing us dirty, but we’re fighting to maintain that status quo.

          Yeah, I get it, there are a ton of scams with cryptocurrencies. There are also a lot of fiat scams as well (stock picking, hard money lending, etc). Don’t hate the tool scammers use, hate the scams.

          It seems many here miss the forest for the trees. Most cryptocurrencies are scams, but there are a handful of interesting ones:

          • Bitcoin - the OG; useless as a currency, but the lightning network fixes most of its issues
          • Monero - as close as to get to digital cash, which is why criminals like it (both are untraceable); oh, and it’s mining resistant, so to won’t see big Monero mining farms, just a hobbyist running it while playing games or whatever
          • Ethereum - proof of stake instead of proof of work, so it uses way less energy

          As long as you don’t see it as an investment, it’s totally fine. I have never and probably will never “invest” in Bitcoin because it’s all hype and I don’t think there’s any reason to think it’ll continue going up.

          I hate how much banks and governments snoop on my transactions and sell my data to the highest bidder, and Monero offers a way to recover my privacy. Bitcoin lightning is also pretty good, but its privacy features aren’t quite as good.

          So don’t “invest” in crypto bu do look into it as a currency. If enough people use it, stores will start accepting it (and I’ve seen a handful that do).