So I can show people pictures that aren't already on my phone lol or my wife took the pic not me.

Matrix?

As a coding noob mostly c#, my guess is there's some functions or similar in C++ that are potentially "dangerous" in some way but commonly used?

Look I don't have time to point by point give my takes, however I find it very funny when volatility and scamming are brought up as if that's not rampant in literally every economic system.

I also don't see how a transparent ledger with programming to ensure payments complete as expected is more risky then the opaque banking system also running nearly entirely online just behind closed doors in banks is any better.

Haven't we already learned security through obscurity is not actually security?

I will say, the corporate/banking takeover of BTC happened over a decade ago now, so agree with you there, which is why it's now "digital gold" instead of its original stated intent of digital cash.

Right on

The point of crypto is it is controlled via programmed rules, depending on the type, which in theory would make it more fair if coded properly.

Replace crypto with cash and all those things are true, and yet...

I did a report on this in 5th grade, people thought I was making it up.

I work at a rather large financial corporation, I heard about a "town hall" in another state where one of the questions asked of the CEO was "how do you sleep at night"

Legendary.

What I found more interesting was how many of my coworkers condemned them. I was all about it.

"they're not doing the traditional things anymore now that they see there's a whole world of people with different traditions and situations" I get theres people who want to keep traditions alive because they're traditions but also... What is really the point?

Idk I'm a traditionless heathen

Lol the users being upset about this is the strangest part, I never ever want to see the recommended feed, how can I opt into this while signed in? XD

We could have had Bernie 🥲