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March 05, 2022, 11:10:22 AM
#35
Yes, that's the point. financial freedom is the main goal of the formation of Blockchain and crypto currency everyone is free to use their coins for any function such as NFT, Store Payments, or any investment that has rights to the money we have freely without the need to be centralized and regulated by various regulations
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March 05, 2022, 11:00:47 AM
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Everyone who are used to cryptocurrency might've come across several conversations.
When someone asks you what crypto is, what will be your response?

Make the response to be short, it can be in a single line. There will be difference of view. My view on it

"Financial Freedom that lets me retire earlier"
right, cryptocurrency is freedom but i have no intention of retiring from my business soon lol.  the funniest thing i've ever heard was when someone asked me what Bitcoin was then he said again whether Bitcoin is a casino coin, i immediately laughed at that.  we can't deny that there are really many out there who don't understand what crypto and bitcoin are, even explaining it can't be that short. 

i always say to new people that Bitcoin is "a currency created for people to have control over their own money"
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March 05, 2022, 09:55:28 AM
#33
crypto is a digital currency, where I was taught to be good at reading situations when to buy and when to sell, how much profit I want to achieve,
but behind it all I also learned the risks faced when the market went down, fraud, etc
crypto is a complete thing for me, like OP said financial freedom
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March 05, 2022, 09:08:54 AM
#32
-Openion

In this discussion, everyone is talking about Crypto and saying like Crypto is a Goldmine!, It's your Financial Freedom, SuperDog and all!

It does not guarantee anything these guys are saying!

If someone asked me about this means I would explain to them about the technology behind it!! and for me, crypto is more than this!!

" It's a technology that will disrupt the globe in the next decade in terms of finance, banking, and decentralization!"
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March 05, 2022, 08:57:04 AM
#31
Cryptocurrency is freedom and it allows me to do whatever I want because it's decentralized. I am free to pay for anything I want. I am very happy that cryptocurrencies can protect my privacy very well.
Crypto was originally created to provide free space for its users to make payment transactions without being related to the banking system, but gradually the use of crypto is more likely to turn into an investment alternative due to regulatory pressure from many governments today, but I personally prefer to see it as an investment which is advantageous compared to its basic use as a payment alternative for now.
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March 05, 2022, 08:53:34 AM
#30
               While I respect your views, I do not think that how you entirely define crypto is befitting to what it really is and what it stands for. I mean, yes it can give anyone financial freedom andake them retire early if they do things right or are lucky enough but isn't it also the se case with any career or industry out there? That's what I think. Now for my own definition of crypto, it would be:
 
- "An innovative masterkey that breaks the shackles of the norm." -

               Could add: and opens the door towards a boundless future. But yeah, that's what crypto is for me and how I normally start of answering when I get asked about it before getting into the specific details.
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March 05, 2022, 08:30:48 AM
#29
Everyone asks me what is a cryptocurrency most of my answers it's a digital currency that is only at the online space today this is commonly used when you want to get an investment holding your assets and wait to take profit on it. We have different ways to earn in crypto we have the spots we commonly do is to buy low and sell high most of the time it's for the long term investment next we have future trading commonly we saw this in a short term investment today crypto is not just about for investment instead this is now used as a payment method into different platform which is more convenient to the people who use crypto.
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March 05, 2022, 05:25:41 AM
#28
Everyone who are used to cryptocurrency might've come across several conversations.
When someone asks you what crypto is, what will be your response?

Make the response to be short, it can be in a single line. There will be difference of view. My view on it

"Financial Freedom that lets me retire earlier"
In my perspective, cryptocurrency is a digital asset that gives us complete control of our money since it is decentralized, so we may have them as an asset before we need them, and we can also use cryptocurrency tokens for transactions and bill payment in some advanced nations.
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March 04, 2022, 05:44:38 AM
#27
Crypto can not be seized in a single line.
In my community people do not know even one word about crypto so they will not understand in a single line
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March 01, 2022, 12:13:58 AM
#26
Cryptocurrency is called Crypto. Cryptocurrency is digital virtual currency. Cryptocurrency is decentralization and decentralization will never be stable. Cryptocurrency which can't use offline. I think cryptocurrency is save for investment. Cryptocurrency is more popular is many countries.
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February 28, 2022, 11:31:13 PM
#25
Simply put, Cryptocurrency in my opinion is digital or virtual currency that is guaranteed by cryptography, and with the existence of cryptography, digital currency or cryptocurrency becomes almost impossible to counterfeit.
Cryptocurrency makes transactions between users more secure because there is no need to go through third parties, everything is controlled by itself with the aim of eliminating the bank system, and besides that cryptocurrency can also be used to transact globally.
and for more details you can find anything related to cryptocurrency on google in detail.
briefly we say cryptocurrency is a digital currency which requires using the internet and its supporting devices, so it cannot be used offline, this is different from fiat currencies today. many people call that crypto will free from inflation, because it tends to increase in price, so it is currently attractive for investment and trading
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February 28, 2022, 01:02:55 PM
#24
Crypto is abbreviation of cryptocurrency and it's a digital a currency that is been use to obtain the same thing or values a fiat currency achieve, a cryptocurrency possesses the things other currencies possessed, and it's a safed manage through investment without having a third party.
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February 28, 2022, 12:45:55 PM
#23
Simply put, Cryptocurrency in my opinion is digital or virtual currency that is guaranteed by cryptography, and with the existence of cryptography, digital currency or cryptocurrency becomes almost impossible to counterfeit.
Cryptocurrency makes transactions between users more secure because there is no need to go through third parties, everything is controlled by itself with the aim of eliminating the bank system, and besides that cryptocurrency can also be used to transact globally.
and for more details you can find anything related to cryptocurrency on google in detail.
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February 28, 2022, 12:24:19 PM
#22
Everyone who are used to cryptocurrency might've come across several conversations.
When someone asks you what crypto is, what will be your response?

Make the response to be short, it can be in a single line. There will be difference of view. My view on it

"Financial Freedom that lets me retire earlier"
The way you explain btc is too powerful, its nice that you include the word retire in your sentence because for sure many are not going to get impressed if you will only say financial freedom because most people already used to on using a fiat. In my case, when someone ask me in my local if what is crypto, I will say crypto is a form of money that can be used as an investment to earn a profit.

Now, if you noticed I also include the word profit because that is important and I know this makes them become interested to learn more. No need to make your explanation longer because that can bore the listeners. Remember our goal here is to attract as much people. We are building an army in here.
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February 28, 2022, 11:35:57 AM
#21
If you ask what crypto is, the basic answer is crypto is virtual money where it is valuable and can be used as a profitable investment if you can manage it well. I think most people nowadays, especially young people, are starting to get to know cryoto, even though they don't really understand at least they have heard of crypto. our job as people who know cryoto is to give an understanding of the crypto world itself. cryoto is valuable because one of them is limited and many people want one. besides that, the ups and downs of market movements are the main attraction of crypto itself.
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February 28, 2022, 10:29:54 AM
#20
When someone asks you what crypto is, what will be your response?
If that person, ask me, my first answer is: try to open google, write what you want to ask about crypto, google will answer all questions about crypto.

If, that person already knows about crypto and if he also asks me, Of course I will answer (crypto is crypto and money is money, if you have crypto you have money and if you have money you have crypto), done.
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February 28, 2022, 10:25:18 AM
#19
crypto in my mind: digital currency that gives me the benefits of investing, and from that profit I can buy skincare,  buy the clothes I want and EAT delicious every day
don't just talk about profit. Seeing the risks that will be faced will also provide a bad experience. Investment profits are always wanted to be obtained, but some losses will also occur. Always look from both sides so you can find out more and can solve any problems that occur.
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February 28, 2022, 10:00:00 AM
#18
crypto in my mind: digital currency that gives me the benefits of investing, and from that profit I can buy skincare,  buy the clothes I want and EAT delicious every day
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February 28, 2022, 06:52:45 AM
#17
Everyone who are used to cryptocurrency might've come across several conversations.
When someone asks you what crypto is, what will be your response?
To be crypto is just another word in the dictionary, which mean something. I wait for them to elaborate if they are pointing towards cryptocurrency at which point I tell me more about it but I cannot express it is one line, because cryptocurrencies at this point are a risky bet for someone who is new to this sector, they need more than one buzz-word or pipe dream.

I would rather explain to them the uses and misuse of cryptocurrencies' properties and how it is possible to make money from the market instead of pushing them to the continuous pump and dump of bitcoin with the line you said below

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"Financial Freedom that lets me retire earlier"
^ yeah it is not true if you ask me. You never really become financially free, it is a state of mind, and everyone can be free if they make it a choice. Use bitcoin if you wish to, but it should be not be your motto to escape taxes and become an anarchist, we all know how that ends.
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February 28, 2022, 03:16:59 AM
#16
I would be very careful how I introduce someone to cryptocurrencies for the first time, knowing that would have a long impression on them. I will prolly say something like Cryptocurrency is a digital currency that allows you to be in contact absolute control of your finances. No third parties no intermediaries, the system is built on a secure network. Cryptocurrency is the future of money. Then I give him a crypto beginners book to read.
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February 28, 2022, 02:54:33 AM
#15
Cryptocurrency is also called crypto. It is a form of currency. It is best and safe to invest.
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February 28, 2022, 02:32:17 AM
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Everyone who are used to cryptocurrency might've come across several conversations.
When someone asks you what crypto is, what will be your response?

Make the response to be short, it can be in a single line. There will be difference of view. My view on it

"Financial Freedom that lets me retire earlier"
It is very risky if you teach Cryptocurrency friends can make us retire early. Turely they will be immediately interested in not even thinking long to share in investing, and this can stretch your friendship. For me I would say that Cryptocurrency is a new type of technology in the digital world, despite its main purpose as a currency, but because of the potential increase in price, it is more widely used for investment tools and also trading, and not much different from stock investment, of course if they are interested will continue the conversation in the deeper direction
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February 28, 2022, 02:15:46 AM
#13
Crypto is Crypto, Bitcoin is Bitcoin.
And bitcoin is the best Crypto Currency.
Hoping to see Bitcoin recover.
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February 28, 2022, 01:59:57 AM
#12
Everyone who are used to cryptocurrency might've come across several conversations.
When someone asks you what crypto is, what will be your response?

Make the response to be short, it can be in a single line. There will be difference of view. My view on it

"Financial Freedom that lets me retire earlier"

Let you retire earlier ...

Yeah of course this is it if you are lucky enough and knowledgeable enough .

But if not? then this will also leads you to work even after retirement age so never be too confident instead do your homework for better outcome.

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For me.. Crypto is something that lets me handle my own money without anyone interfering .

meaning yes, this is Freedom ..
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February 28, 2022, 01:46:03 AM
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what crypto is, ~
"Financial Freedom that lets me retire earlier"
There are a bunch of things wrong with your post.
For starters bitcoin is providing financial freedom not "crypto", and the reason for that is because bitcoin is decentralized and is created to work as a censorship resistant global payment system whereas majority of altcoins are created as money grabbing projects to be pumped and dumped so they can't provide any kind of financial freedom.

Additionally to "retire earlier" you will have to be able to make profit. Profit means trading and not making mistakes such as bag holding specially if you are talking about altcoins. In fact many people would have to work twice their lifetime since they lost a ton of money in shitcoin dumps because they were bag holding.
Not to mention that if you are good at trading and think you can make profit from it, you can do it in any other market like stocks or higher risk penny stocks market instead of the super risky and manipulated altcoin market.
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February 28, 2022, 12:35:11 AM
#10
Everyone who are used to cryptocurrency might've come across several conversations.
When someone asks you what crypto is, what will be your response?

Make the response to be short, it can be in a single line. There will be difference of view. My view on it

"Financial Freedom that lets me retire earlier"

This is partially right and partially wrong.There's no guarantee that cryptocurrency trading or simply buying and HODLing Bitcoins will help you retire earlier.
Cryptocurrencies can provide some sort of financial freedom,but there are too many factors.
You definitely don't want to rely on centralized custodial crypto wallets and exchanges,because this isn't true financial freedom.
I think that financial freedom is closely linked to the way you are making money and your income streams,rather than your savings and investments.The crypto industry doesn't provide a lot of jobs opportunities and income streams.Your financial freedom is determined by your skills and what you can offer on the labor market.
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February 28, 2022, 12:29:03 AM
#9
Everyone who are used to cryptocurrency might've come across several conversations.
When someone asks you what crypto is, what will be your response?

Make the response to be short, it can be in a single line. There will be difference of view. My view on it

"Financial Freedom that lets me retire earlier"
There can be a lot of definitions that one can tell if somebody asks them what cryptocurrency is. In particular, it's actually a digital currency that has a lot of properties or functions.
But I think the most popular definition that will be easiest to understand by someone who wants to learn about it is it's an asset, a digital asset. While for being specific for bitcoin, it's going to be the modern and digital gold.
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February 27, 2022, 08:42:12 PM
#8
This is a misleading response. Crypto does not guarantee you financial freedom if what you mean by financial freedom is the abundance of money. It does not follow that if you join the crypto market you won't have to work because of that financial freedom. That is so wrong!

If I were to give my one-line definition of crypto, I'd rather stick to the literal meaning of cryptocurrency which is a currency that uses cryptography.
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February 27, 2022, 08:35:12 PM
#7
If someone will ask me about what is "What is Crypto/Cryptocurrency",
The very basic answer, digital currency where is intangible, not physical. Where you can use it as payment for such products/services.
For me, this is the very basic explanation I can say to those people who are no idea about cryptocurrency or are not really techy persons.
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February 27, 2022, 05:35:34 PM
#6
for jokes:
"isnt he supermans pet dog"

Nah, I think that's Krypto (also known as Krypto the Superdog).  Wink

source wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krypto


As for crypto, I like this definition:
"Cryptocurrency is a virtual currency that uses encryption technology to regulate transactions in the absence of a trusted third party."
because it raises new questions, so I can be smart ass a little longer.
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February 27, 2022, 05:26:47 PM
#5
for jokes:
"isnt he supermans pet dog"
verbal conversation has the same pronunciation. whether written spelling is K or C.. dont grammar knitpick. its a JOKE!

other simplistic answers
"value store without a bank account"
  just needs a public address, you create yourself. to be shown to a sender

"allows you to be a trader without the need of a portfolio manager/tradedesk/agent"
 many ways to trade without needing to sign up and have transactions logged by businesses

"remittance without the policy/limitations of western union/moneygram/transferwise/venmo/paypal"
 send to anyone direct, not via third party services

"offshore value store without the need to set up shell companies/foreign diplomacy"
 if value is not in a US bank, the US cant direct freeze it at source

"financial trust fund without the need of a lawyer"
 multisig can be set up by family/friends without others nvovled

"inheritance without the need of a will"
 multisig with locktimes
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February 27, 2022, 05:23:58 PM
#4
Everyone who are used to cryptocurrency might've come across several conversations.
When someone asks you what crypto is, what will be your response?

Make the response to be short, it can be in a single line. There will be difference of view. My view on it

"Financial Freedom that lets me retire earlier"
Crypto is a digital currency that is worth anything and gives me financial stability. Crypto for me is more than like a GOLD
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February 27, 2022, 05:03:08 PM
#3
A tool that allows me to send funds wherever I want and whenever I want without worrying about banks blocking the transaction or seizing the money. Is that too long? I haven't even mention how fast and cheap it is compared to traditional banking hehe.
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February 27, 2022, 04:53:06 PM
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Sorry mate I would first talk about your own opinion, Crypto-currency wouldn't be unique if you see it as a financial freedom that lets you retire early. Then real estate has given people that too, stocks, and so many. Crypto-currency should stand out unique and not like others.

Crypto-currency, is a decentralized system that gives me the freedom and control.
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February 27, 2022, 04:46:08 PM
#1
Everyone who are used to cryptocurrency might've come across several conversations.
When someone asks you what crypto is, what will be your response?

Make the response to be short, it can be in a single line. There will be difference of view. My view on it

"Financial Freedom that lets me retire earlier"
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