Now first - in defense of Ripple, I must say - can we be surprised that a cryptocurrency endorsed and used by major banks has popped up? Absolutely not. Were people expecting banks say "well, now that cryptocurrency is here, we're clearly not needed!" and just close their doors? That's a fantasy.
I understand this was the wet dream a lot of early cryptocurrency advocates had - some kind of complete overthrow of the powers that be... but let's be real, a dream unlikely to come true. Don't get me wrong, i'm fully on board with cryptocurrency becoming a massively popular alternative to the big banks though.
Now here's the legitimate question we need to be asking: even if I accept that a company like Ripple would eventually exist (and does) and gain some momentum - do we welcome them with open arms and include them and their investors in the community?
Or, is it more like - "Ripple is over there, with the governments, and bankers"... and we draw a line, and look at them as some outsider, shunned by the cryptocurrency community, and give their supporters the same treatment? Basically, label Ripple and it's supporters the new enemy.
Well, as I said in the opening - I don't know how to proceed from here, but what I do know is i'm always for hearing out dissenting voices.
If you're new to Global Crypto Press news, before getting mad that i'm only posting things against Ripple below - understand that other reporters from our outlet have already done positive pieces about Ripple, if you missed those that's not my problem.
So, here's some thoughts worth considering:
XRP is the governments preferred crypto. There is nothing the global elites would want more than for the citizenry to be duped into using Ripple as a cryptocurrency. I don't trust it for multiple reasons.— Roy Sebag (@roysebag) December 29, 2017
If #XRP goes to Coinbase I’m going to continue to HODL. If it doesn’t, I’m going to start questioning why they are not allowing anyone to purchase their tokens with USD as it’s driving down the other currencies, which is a legitimate concern we need to pay attention to.— Ripple Mafia (@ripplemafia) December 30, 2017
Ripple - Centralised Solution; Trust in One Company - Worth $100Bln?— George Kikvadze (@BitfuryGeorge) December 30, 2017
Bitcoin - Decentralised Solution; Trust in Mathematics and Cryptography - Worth $235Bln?
There is a clear mispricing here between the PAST and the FUTURE
If you really believe Ripple, which isnt even a blockchain project, is the future of cryptocurrencies... then I have some Bitconnect and Onecoin to sell to you.— WhalePanda (@WhalePanda) December 30, 2017
For those casual investors who aren't on the social networks and forums, and may have just been watching the charts - now you have the full story.I will be cursed and abused for saying this, but the people investing in @Ripple are not one of us. We are in a revolution against centralization of money. This is a revolution and the people buying ripple are against us.— Christina Wite (@KrrisWite) December 30, 2017
Everyone may need to decide where they stand soon.
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