Quote from: Alpha Marine on Today at 08:50:01 PM

Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on January 09, 2024, 12:21:29 AM

I'm pretty sure this has already been the topic of at least one thread before, and the bottom line is that it doesn't matter what you say or I say or if the majority of members think this forum ought to be centralized--we don't own it, period. Nor is it as if you've got so much invested in bitcointalk that it would affect you a great deal if it were somehow decentralized. You're still a Jr. Member after registering in 2019.

People just say whatever they feel like without thinking things through. The "de-dollaration" talk is one very exaggerated talk, but I guess that's what propaganda is. OP really believes the dollar would be dead in 2027, that's in 4 years. Laughable.

The dollar as we know if is already losing dominance at a significant rate, and it is already inflating. Will the dollar be gone in 2027? Maybe not completely...though nations may just use currencies built by their nation or nations that they support more than the US. The blockchain and subsequent technology allows nations to set themselves free from the USD, whether it be with a newly created currency (like what we see with BRICS and the Digital Yuan) or an existing one (like El Salvador adopting Bitcoin).

Will the dollar be gone by 2027? Unlikely.
Will the state of the dollar be better or worse between now and 2027?
In my opinion, the state of it will be near abysmal, and definitely better than where it is at the moment...the supply will be exponentially higher, the world will be or have found alternative currencies for trade, and the people will probably doing what they can to stay out of fiat outside of the absolute need to use it wherever applicable.

Quote from: Alpha Marine on Today at 08:50:01 PM

Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on January 09, 2024, 12:21:29 AM

I'm pretty sure this has already been the topic of at least one thread before, and the bottom line is that it doesn't matter what you say or I say or if the majority of members think this forum ought to be centralized--we don't own it, period. Nor is it as if you've got so much invested in bitcointalk that it would affect you a great deal if it were somehow decentralized. You're still a Jr. Member after registering in 2019.

That's by the way, what makes OP so sure that a decentralized website cannot face restrictions from the government.
Bitcoin is decentralized but faces heavy restrictions in many countries.

Decentralized websites can and will only be sanctioned if there is illegal activity happening on them, though that doesn't necessarily mean that they will be stopped if they are truly decentralized. Look into and take the case of TornadoCash as an example...and bear in mind that it is a money-related application, where addresses can be put on blacklists and there can be risks associated to blockchain labels when using it post-sanction...this isn't the same when we talk about a decentralized forum use-case.