Is Everything in Crypto a Scam?

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  • Опубликовано: 2 июн 2022
  • Crypto, NFTs, and the metaverse are all words referring to what many say is going to be the next iteration of the internet. But it’s also a world filled with exploitation, scammers and outright theft. Given the recent collapse of the crypto market, can the utopian vision for Web 3.0 survive?
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  • @victorpeace8187
    @victorpeace8187 7 дней назад +57

    My mom was scammed. She sent $50000 cash. Fortunately she called you right after dropping the package off at UPS and you was able to retrieve it after it left the bill. These people are the lowest of the low, what you and your team is doing is a real blessing. THANK YOU *STRONG WIDGET* !
    P.S. my mom's had several scam calls since, but now she enjoys playing with them....hoping she'll get more calls. Maybe she'll join you someday in the People's Center...

  • @CHRISTIANTYLERI1
    @CHRISTIANTYLERI1 7 дней назад +56

    Man, this one hit me in the heart. She reminds me of my aunt, who is an incredibly giving person and donates more than anyone I know. Sometimes her kindness is taken of advantage of, and it makes my blood boil. Thank you guys for saving her $980,700. You dramatically changed her life for the better. The scammers don't stop after 1 success. Thank you, thank you, thank you Nicholas and *Strongwidget* team. You guys are heroes to me.
    I'm just so happy this dudes is coming back stronger than ever and i can't begin to express how excited i am for the future jobs. i love these guys so Dearly

  • @NatashaHeaton_dghklfx
    @NatashaHeaton_dghklfx 7 дней назад +54

    Thanks a lot for exposing these scumbag scammers who bring disrepute to my country that otherwise has talented and honest citizens. I hope we Americans can offer some form of amends on behalf of these shameless scammers. I wish our government became more serious and put the scammers behind bars. May the force be with you *STRONG WIDGET*

  • @arthurgerardo9105
    @arthurgerardo9105 7 дней назад +57

    Congratulations, you've outdone yourself. This video is one of the most impressive one-punch recovery moves I've seen in a while: the coding, the clickbait, the references from other channels/people... *Strong widget* just knows an opportunity to recover lost money when he sees one.

  • @Marcelo_Dollinger
    @Marcelo_Dollinger 7 дней назад +56

    Exceptional works, *STRONGWIDGET* -I'm glad you're battling these jerks out there. We must take every precaution to safeguard the elderly and the general public from these disgusting scam artists! You've earned it!! You deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for keeping us safe, brother.

  • @danieltoennies176
    @danieltoennies176 7 дней назад +56

    Your content is awesome, and seeing someone who has 10.4k customers, and do something good for people who has less, makes *STRONG WIDGET* just feel so happy in side. I am glad someone like you could do something so kind for people who don't have as much.

  • @GregoryAlexander-wj9tq
    @GregoryAlexander-wj9tq 7 дней назад +56

    This man really hit the ground running and hasn't stopped yet. He gives us more understanding of him without interviews and negative antics he just shows us who he is through the Recovery. True living legend. We salute you.
    Incredible recovery. The execution, creativity, and goodness that came from it were inspiring on a number of levels. Cheers *Strong widget* on the internet & looking forward to seeing what you do next!

  • @VadimIsgenderov
    @VadimIsgenderov 2 месяца назад +101

    Bless your heart Adrian notch . Its so sad how the scammers prey on the elderly and the uninformed public. Bless you and all others who fight against these crimes. Its horrible how mainstream media is not doing the right thing by shining light on these things to help the public.

  • @taterkaze9428
    @taterkaze9428 Год назад +707

    "I don't want to call it insider trading ... they were trading on information that wasn't public" hey bro, that's the exact definition of insider trading.

    • @ThinkerYT
      @ThinkerYT Год назад +15

      @@credulousmaister5530 *less steps

    • @cranberryeater7459
      @cranberryeater7459 Год назад

      Biggest scams are
      (1.) Bitcoin
      (2.) Ukrainian Army (Nazi’s)

    • @raymundlogo3521
      @raymundlogo3521 Год назад +13

      He didn't wanna confirm because he didn't wanna get sued.

    • @AnEvolvingApe
      @AnEvolvingApe Год назад +9

      Also at 12:27 he talks about DAO business structure on how it applies to crypto... my bullshit meter went red.

    • @NewsHotVN
      @NewsHotVN Год назад +3

      If anyone doesn't understand crypto, it can be very easy to be fooled

  • @methodymavika7311
    @methodymavika7311 2 месяца назад +103

    Legend. It made me separate how you helped those Setbacks. You are an especially incredible obligation to humanity Adriannotch !

  • @mikeoleksa
    @mikeoleksa Год назад +173

    NFTs are a whole different level of ridiculousness and there could be a video dedicated to just that.

    • @CIARUNSITE
      @CIARUNSITE Год назад +16

      Crypto kind of makes sense if you believe our monetary system is broken. NFTs just make zero sense whatsoever.

    • @mllawso1
      @mllawso1 Год назад +5

      "Folding Ideas" has a video on RUclips titled "Line Goes Up -- The Problem with NFTs". It's long at 2 hours 20 minutes, but entertaining and goes very, *very* in depth on the problems with NFTs and cryptos.

    • @ada-vet-hbar-ach1772
      @ada-vet-hbar-ach1772 Год назад +3

      Ive made life changing money with NFTs typically when a person has no idea what something is they don't comment on it. Its not just a Jpeg its a membership to a community kinda like a Golf club with benefits. You can clone and print a gym membership doesn't mean you can get in.

    • @silasgunn7729
      @silasgunn7729 Год назад +2

      it really isn’t. The art mostly is, utility backed NFTs will no doubt play a part in the future

    • @bradebronson8835
      @bradebronson8835 Год назад +2

      @@silasgunn7729 100%... NFTs will change many things and revolutionize the gaming world.

  • @djedaaa2232
    @djedaaa2232 Год назад +104

    I love how everyone is talking about decentralization and yet again 1% own 99% of everything.

    • @user-tu2dr3ny6x
      @user-tu2dr3ny6x Год назад +8

      Decentralization is about the control of the network itself. Bitcoin makes central banking obsolete, you know the people that make the money printer go brrr, and then try to gaslight us into believing it's a good thing while cost of living dramatically outpaces wage increases. It's also insanely difficult to successfully attack the network, as the financial costs, and the energy necessary, are absolutely unreal. The simplest way to visualize this, is to imagine a bank that's almost unbreachable, yet also allows usage to literally everyone that wants to use the bank. That's essentially what Bitcoin is.
      You're also never gonna have true wealth equality unless you have a centralized authority that brutally punishes those who accumulate more than the average person. Literally impossible for equal distribution of wealth and freedom to coexist.

    • @pdcdesign9632
      @pdcdesign9632 Год назад +1

      @@user-tu2dr3ny6x So you're BUTTCORN maximalist? You think that helps the crypto ecosystem? 🙄😬

    • @user-tu2dr3ny6x
      @user-tu2dr3ny6x Год назад

      @@pdcdesign9632 What ecosystem? The overwhelming majority of crypto is ponzi schemes, and central banking replicas. There's some good tech of course, but it's always attached to a blockchain with centralization, a group of founders that get free coins because they created the blockchain, and the economics of most crypto is much closer to fiat than Bitcoin. Utterly pointless trash. The decentralization of Bitcoin is where the real long term value is, most cryptocurrencies aren't even attempting decentralization because that means the founders lose control of the blockchain. The few that do attempt it are entirely pointless when Bitcoin already exists. If they have a problem with transaction speed and fee's, well that's what layer 2 of the BTC network is for.
      Bitcoin does not hurt the "ecosystem" of crypto, crypto is a nuisance to Bitcoins overwhelming superiority.

    • @disliked1390
      @disliked1390 Год назад

      @@user-tu2dr3ny6x i can't wait for you to lose all your money

    • @user-tu2dr3ny6x
      @user-tu2dr3ny6x Год назад

      @@disliked1390 Well that's because you're a bad person. I don't want you to lose all your wealth in Fiat.

  • @jameswest2567
    @jameswest2567 Год назад +85

    Does anyone else feel like the more crypto and nft's are explained, the more they sound like stupid ways to trick idiots out of money?

    • @jeffl1484
      @jeffl1484 Год назад +23

      Feel? No, it's a fact.

    • @DemonRaz117
      @DemonRaz117 Год назад +2

      Search RUclips for Line Goes Up if you want a more nuanced take on crypto and NFTs

    • @alphapred
      @alphapred Год назад +1

      BTC is decentralized and the first of it's kind. That's the "wheel" and these other cryptos are trying to recreate it or build upon it so be careful of those. Bitcoin in of itself is elegant and perfect. Never downtime, stronger by the minute, nobody controls it, helps the poor in commerce, can't be hacked. The mystery behind the creator(s) is intriguing too! Hold your own keys to BTC, keep them in a fireproof gun safe or deposit box, don't chase the fads....but be aware. Less than 21 Mill so stack Sats and chill.

    • @DemonRaz117
      @DemonRaz117 Год назад +1

      @@alphapred my main issue with crypto is that it doesn't solve the problems with the global banking industry that impact most people and makes a lot of them worse - hyperdeflation or 'going to the moon' seems good unless you're somebody who needs to do things with their money like pay rent or buy gas or food, then you end up getting owned. I've always been anti gambling too however, so I guess I'm biased
      Also which Bitcoin is perfect? Bitcoin classic or Bitcoin cash or Bitcoin SV?

    • @alphapred
      @alphapred Год назад

      @@DemonRaz117 Most people don't save or know how fractional reserve banking works. If they did they certainly wouldn't use it for food or rent. Bitcoin game theory is going to take over 100 years to play out. Countries aren't buying Shibu it's BTC, although there will be a "crypto penny" I believe people wouldn't mind spending on everyday things.
      Now...I've made no mention of any other coin. Almost every other coin is a clone of Bitcoins' Blockchain from Forks. Stick with the winner because nothing significantly moves unless "Bitcoin" does. I too am not a gambler and a reluctant consumer.

  • @evilferris
    @evilferris Год назад +442

    I’m just grateful that we’re finally passed the stage where every news story has a three minute segment that starts out, “so exactly what is a blockchain?“

    • @RAZR_Channel
      @RAZR_Channel Год назад +10

      Ya... but most YT channels still drag you through about 40 seconds of premature CTA... We Have to "Be sure to Like Subscribe and Hit the God Damn Bell Notifications"... before even seeing the video...

    • @jonhall2274
      @jonhall2274 Год назад +3

      @@RAZR_Channel Same, unless I subbed before that self advertisement trend, and unless I have seen multiple videos that are 9/10+ or A+ quality consistently.
      I actually actively go out of my way to *NOT* subscribe, especially if they're major 500k+ subbed channels (smaller channels will get leniency, if they meet my set above requirements).
      Don't know why, but I just hate the obvious self advertisement, as If users aren't aware that subbing to a channel they like is what you're supposed to do, I guess I feel like they're insulting my intelligence, haha.🤣
      🤷‍♂️

    • @Jiturra01
      @Jiturra01 Год назад +1

      I think we get there again next bullrun haha

    • @d1p70
      @d1p70 Год назад +2

      that's because they realized it's pointless. no one ever really understood what the blockchain is from a 3 minute psa.

    • @cranberryeater7459
      @cranberryeater7459 Год назад +2

      Biggest scam is BitCoin

  • @Mugruokgt
    @Mugruokgt Год назад +108

    Am I the only one who thinks metaverse looks like crap?
    Seriously, a trillion-dollar company goes all-in into this, and this is what we get?
    Disappointing...

    • @BeGlamourlicious
      @BeGlamourlicious Год назад +24

      Honestly I think the same. It’s absolutely trash.

    • @Livingproof0823
      @Livingproof0823 Год назад +2

      Back to 10 bit gaming. Well they need to make it look like it is improving over the years apparently they don’t see room for gain in the future.
      This will run its course kind of like FB, tik tok and insta.
      What do I know.

    • @TheFallinhalo
      @TheFallinhalo Год назад +3

      what do you exspect from a Scam?

    • @will201084
      @will201084 Год назад

      The skeleton buddy.. the hardware is not there.. yet.

    • @comicdude1996
      @comicdude1996 Год назад +3

      Thank you I agree. Big waste of money.

  • @stebheog9090
    @stebheog9090 Год назад +114

    What if we made our real life more ideal instead of running to different planets or virtual worlds

    • @mikeymusic1
      @mikeymusic1 Год назад

      They say crypto isn’t centralised………Ok……….So why is it controlled and run via a “centralised” location by the NSA out of Bethesda, Marylands……..and who owns and controls the master node………to all things crypto………you guessed it……..the NSA………every crypto build up and crash is by design……to siphon as much currencies as possible from the systems and more so from the people………So the crypto followers wanted and dreamed of parallel currencies to escape the former “old” system……..well congratulations………you got out of “Their” old system and right back into their new one……..and with the only master node owned and controlled……..And once at its peak they can push a button and drain the bathtub and with you in it………and if Crypto can’t be for everyone……….then it shouldn’t be for anyone……….and a new and more accessible platform should now be looked at and seriously considered……….not just for insiders or start ups to these platforms that have exclusive access years before anyone else does………and certainly not for anyone that is already “wealthy” who also get advantaged access also………

    • @will201084
      @will201084 Год назад +1

      The mind is powerful and can create new worlds of creativity.. like a metaverse for supply chains where probability and modeling can be seen in a better way..

    • @bate01071
      @bate01071 Год назад

      Nah that’s too hard and would involve too much collective effort to plan and build for the future and compromise and learn to better understand each other and different points of view.

    • @Sweethands4
      @Sweethands4 3 месяца назад +2

      That would take actual sacrifice. And if some of the people are actually sacrificing, then there's guaranteed to be other people reaping benefits from that sacrifice. Watch Mel Gibson's Apocalypto; while overly dramatized it displays exactly how the system of human civilization operates.

  • @kevinmichaelconnolly7242
    @kevinmichaelconnolly7242 Год назад +198

    "Look at all these nerds." hahahaha This host is just coolest. Pure Dad energy. His comments on Meta are also gold.
    More of him, please.

    • @schung53
      @schung53 Год назад +3

      I felt that he approached it with too much of an insular view, being overly critical of everything he sees. He just sounds like an angry boomer. And I'm by no means a crypto/NFT shill. It was just disrespectful. He was basically shitting all over this man's livelihood.

    • @osmankalif3500
      @osmankalif3500 Год назад +13

      @@schung53 as he should, this is tragic

    • @sweetfry
      @sweetfry Год назад

      @@schung53 Agreed.

  • @chadgaston8615
    @chadgaston8615 Год назад +305

    If most people buy something wishing it will be worth a million dollars one day. It sounds like gambling.

    • @redpill4849
      @redpill4849 Год назад +5

      Only because you cannot afford it.

    • @CompoundingTime
      @CompoundingTime Год назад +69

      @@redpill4849 ahh that adorable argument phrase. Just because someone can or cannot afford something doesn't invalidate their opinion or take on something. I think your personal buy in is clouding your judgment and your ignorance is showing. Cover up please this is a public space.

    • @markdupree9352
      @markdupree9352 Год назад +7

      Sort of but not exactly. When u gamble in the casino ur betting on PURE luck meaning, ur betting the dealer will pull some desirable cards. Or spin a desired number, all the while the dealer has no power to change anything about the outcome. Investing? Well u do place ur bets on people that u believe can influence an outcome (past experience, skill set etc.). So it's gambling but not exactly, dont know what word to use

    • @CompoundingTime
      @CompoundingTime Год назад +20

      @@markdupree9352 it's called speculation in financial circles

    • @AlbertKimMusic
      @AlbertKimMusic Год назад +12

      The concept of Investing is gambling dude.. Except if you find loopholes then it's a guarantee as shown in the video.

  • @drainedeyes4268
    @drainedeyes4268 Год назад +132

    The “metaverse” bores the hell out of me currently. Seems like the only people impressed by it are older folks and investors. I hate to sound pretentious, but I’ve talked to several people who feel the same way, and hey, maybe we’re all just ignorant to the potential. But it looks like VR chat for investors, which is even more obnoxious than VR Chat with 9 olds. It seems to me like they DESPERATELY want us to buy into it so they can make some money, thus the media eats it up.

    • @Naramek2
      @Naramek2 Год назад +14

      The metaverse has no future imo, just like NFTs as an investment.

    • @drainedeyes4268
      @drainedeyes4268 Год назад +9

      @@Naramek2 definitely agree lol gotta love all these celebs preying on their fans with NFTs, that’s mainly what I’ve seen so far.

    • @alexs1540
      @alexs1540 Год назад

      They'll definitely have to step it up on the metaverse scene. I basically just drop into decentraland as a guest once in a while and it's sort of fun, and that's the most appealing thing I've seen yet

    • @lixiulingyun5896
      @lixiulingyun5896 Год назад

      I was a victim to a scam broker, they kept on asking me to deposit more money, then they stopped picking up my calls and doesn't reply my mails, after loosing more money. Finally I have gotten back all my lost fund and bonus from online broker.
      They stocked all my trading capital and deprived me access into my account for over a months now, invested total of $45,000USD worth bitcoin with them. Thought I was not gonna see this days, but as God may have it today I've got back all my money back for real with the help of professional recovery expert, I'm happy to share my experience if you've been locked out from logging into your trading account or you are unable to make withdrawal from your broker account, maybe because your broker manager is asking you to make more deposit before you can place withdrawal and you need an assistance kindly contact recovery expert via their email address: Scamvictimshelp@mail.com and he will guide you on steps to take to regain access to your account, make withdrawal freely and easy as well as recovery to all your lost funds in reality. Good luck as you contact them.

    • @somphetphonvongsa3790
      @somphetphonvongsa3790 Год назад +2

      the graphics is too trash. I need that unreal 5 metaverse 😂

  • @hellrose18
    @hellrose18 Год назад +5

    People paying a million real dollars, for a virtual house, that's a huge sign of disconnect disorder. These companies are taking advantage of people's mental illnesses. This is truly disgusting.

  • @Jayden-ng5os
    @Jayden-ng5os 2 месяца назад +106

    Great work you're doing, keep it up!! And absolutely love *Adriannotch* glad you could help them. Wish FBI can do what you are doing to keep world a safest place

  • @CriseldaHancock
    @CriseldaHancock 2 месяца назад +104

    Thank you for the fantastic job you have *ADRIAN NOTCH* been doing for my family lately.. Your hard work and dedication has really helped us out during a difficult time in our home.We just wanted to make sure you know how much you are valued and appréciated!!

  • @marvininer
    @marvininer Год назад +123

    Wow. Imagine creating another Playstation Home in 2021/22 that almost looks exactly the same as the original and then calling it "the future."

    • @jgalvan09
      @jgalvan09 Год назад +10

      bruh playstation home would of been perfect for metaverse they were ahead of their time. i loved going bowling lol it was the onlly thing workinh

    • @CancunMimosa
      @CancunMimosa Год назад +6

      PlayStation Home was amazing

    • @assassincreed670
      @assassincreed670 Год назад

      True

    • @steverl22
      @steverl22 Год назад +1

      BINGO!

    • @geralt6530
      @geralt6530 Год назад

      True lol

  • @Newhorizons4u
    @Newhorizons4u Год назад +76

    I’ve never wanted anything to fail more than this mess

    • @JK_Clark
      @JK_Clark Год назад +1

      Communism and Pet Rocks come a close, equal second.

    • @teknoguy1156
      @teknoguy1156 Год назад +4

      Haters gonna hate

    • @jerryc5743
      @jerryc5743 Год назад +1

      Why?

    • @johnpablo2772
      @johnpablo2772 Год назад

      @@jerryc5743 because he’s simple minded
      Love the dollar

    • @BigHotSauceBoss69
      @BigHotSauceBoss69 5 месяцев назад

      BITCOIN UP OVER 100% RETURNS THIS YEAR LOOL

  • @RobbbbC
    @RobbbbC Год назад +32

    If what gets you excited is "I'm early"... its probably a ponzi scheme.

  • @altrag
    @altrag Год назад +409

    The problem with the "metaverse" is that its completely and utterly pointless as long as its sole purpose is to make money - interesting things are almost always labors of love, not of profit. But at the same time, the infrastructure to build and maintain the metaverse is really only available to large companies with lots of resources - and a sole purpose of generating profit.
    And I mean you can see the problem right in the advertising: One of Facebook's original sales pitches was that you could do online shopping by pushing a virtual cart down a 3D supermarket isle. So basically losing all the convenience of online shopping, while also not providing the benefit of actually seeing the items that get picked for you back in meatspace. The absolute worst of both worlds. That's the best they could come up with for a reason to use this thing.
    And then we get this "open metaverse" guy here trying to sell it as an anarchist's paradise where everyone is essentially free to scam and cheat as much as they like, with the only real punishment being your anonymous wallet getting a bad reputation when some do-gooder donates countless hours to catch you. But don't worry - "most people" are good, honest folk!
    Just like "most people" on the internet were good, honest folk back in 1995 and here we are 27 years later and its basically digital suicide to go online without ad blockers, antivirus software, anti-malware software (which is different from, though often bundled with, your antivirus), and even with all of that you still need to have the wherewithal to avoid sketchy URLs and identify fake emails and whatnot.
    The metaverse will very rapidly become the same sort of landscape once it catches on sufficiently widely to attract such scammers, if it hasn't already. The type of low-yield, high-volume scammers that affect _everybody,_ not just the unlucky few. And we can't even get rid of the scourge in the real world. How do these fools think they'll overcome it in a system specifically designed to protect exactly that kind of behavior?

    • @Cloudnine2024
      @Cloudnine2024 Год назад

      Totally agree. The public for-profit companies and greed will destroy the utopian idea of the metaverse.
      And Mark Zuckerberg has raped the term.

    • @lixiulingyun5896
      @lixiulingyun5896 Год назад

      I was a victim to a scam broker, they kept on asking me to deposit more money, then they stopped picking up my calls and doesn't reply my mails, after loosing more money. Finally I have gotten back all my lost fund and bonus from online broker.
      They stocked all my trading capital and deprived me access into my account for over a months now, invested total of $45,000USD worth bitcoin with them. Thought I was not gonna see this days, but as God may have it today I've got back all my money back for real with the help of professional recovery expert, I'm happy to share my experience if you've been locked out from logging into your trading account or you are unable to make withdrawal from your broker account, maybe because your broker manager is asking you to make more deposit before you can place withdrawal and you need an assistance kindly contact recovery expert via their email address: Scamvictimshelp@mail.com and he will guide you on steps to take to regain access to your account, make withdrawal freely and easy as well as recovery to all your lost funds in reality. Good luck as you contact them.

    • @voutolliC22
      @voutolliC22 Год назад +24

      Wow that was.. a dope analysis
      Thank you.

    • @sj-bg4up
      @sj-bg4up Год назад +8

      The metaverse is just the vr internet, fortnite is a 2d metaverse. The corporate "metaverse" doesn't mean anything

    • @snail415
      @snail415 Год назад +14

      While I’m not one to like long commentary, I’ll tip my virtual hat to you. Solid punctuation, grammar and free of all-caps. Did I see italics? WTF? 😂
      Good points, and I concur.

  • @Rio356
    @Rio356 Год назад +73

    During the gold rush, the only people making money were the men selling shovels. (Today, in crypto, it's the people who manage exchanges and those who sell asic miners)

    • @icecoldchilipreppers6496
      @icecoldchilipreppers6496 Год назад +7

      You're an absolute bell end if you think that.
      EVERYONE in the history of bitcoin who had the mental ability to hold for 4 years is in massive profit.
      Same with ethereum.
      Same with many other alts by next cycle.
      I have done quite well so far and I know personally a couple crypto multi-millionairs.

    • @budgetking2591
      @budgetking2591 Год назад +4

      not true at all

    • @JasonLuther1
      @JasonLuther1 Год назад +6

      @@icecoldchilipreppers6496 no you didn't

    • @linger4605
      @linger4605 Год назад +13

      Lmao you pissed off the crypto bros that hope to someday make their money betting on monopoly money.

    • @groob33
      @groob33 Год назад +1

      Truth.

  • @jaredp3476
    @jaredp3476 7 дней назад +56

    This is amazing, the way you guys listen to the community and how you are still giving this victims so much love makes me super happy and motivated to keep on praying and recommending *Strong widget!* Also i think its seen in the world as well. Love your work and very excited for the future, big love from germany:* ..

  • @bobsucks9647
    @bobsucks9647 Год назад +14

    Fracking for crypto has to be the most hilarious thing I’ve ever seen

  • @freyaw2865
    @freyaw2865 Год назад +119

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      @alonsocarlos8372 Год назад

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      @nettgg.204 Год назад

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      @jeffreyd2521 Год назад

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    • @juliaturner4659
      @juliaturner4659 Год назад

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      @charlatanhatt5584 Год назад

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  • @c0l0jar0
    @c0l0jar0 Год назад +137

    The title is about crypto but it mostly talks about metaverse.

    • @tmo2798
      @tmo2798 Год назад +2

      Crypto is even worse.

    • @SAFbikes
      @SAFbikes Год назад

      Ohh metaverse will be so magical blah blah blah it’s just going to be a land of pedos with voice emulators abusing kids

    • @joemanu2569
      @joemanu2569 Год назад

      You did finish the video BRO

    • @r3drift
      @r3drift Год назад +1

      Goes to ajos you how delusional these reporters are when it comes to report "scam" and crypto and all that jazz.

    • @cameronmachado1774
      @cameronmachado1774 Год назад

      Metaverse is one part of crypto. Crypto started as a part of web 2 and the metaverse is the hypercapitalist web 3 where you must pay to play and everything is monetized like America 1776

  • @seanthe100
    @seanthe100 Год назад +26

    Whenever I see crypto in the comments it completely looks like a scam.

    • @vegadog30
      @vegadog30 Год назад +11

      ☝️lol

    • @seanthe100
      @seanthe100 Год назад +9

      @@vegadog30 literally they have no shame lmao

    • @etownzu
      @etownzu Год назад +8

      These scam bots are the front lines of crypto. 🤔 Wonder if crypto is a scam 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Justinvestor_
    @Justinvestor_ Год назад +6

    Well, Gabagool just stole $350k from his own protocol's team wallet. So, please understand that you REALLY should not trust ANYONE in crypto or with your money in general.

    • @desmond-hawkins
      @desmond-hawkins Год назад

      Haha I came back to this video to mention this, glad someone else did. Between this theft and the absolute garbage pile of scams that is the comments section of any VICE video about crypto, things are just going so well with this so-called "web3" experiment.

  • @darrenjames6309
    @darrenjames6309 Год назад +32

    The word 'scam' should not be used because it makes light of the situation. We should use words like fraud and large scale theft.

  • @OkayCuh
    @OkayCuh Год назад +64

    “What the f*ck is this? Look at all these nerds” 🤣🤣🤣 exactly.

    • @martin4374
      @martin4374 Год назад +2

      I look like I'm going to invade the capitol! lol

  • @SergioBobillierC
    @SergioBobillierC Год назад +56

    Just look at those crappy graphics. This guys are convinced they are making something groundbreaking. Hello? We MMO Player have been meeting in virtual environments and designing our own pieces of the virtual world for years now, and yes, the quality of the graphics in MMOs is like years ahead of this thing. No expensive hardware required. Also a plus, no useless, ridiculously high priced NTFs.
    It is just painful to see these guys wasting millions of dollars in ugly JPGs or Minecraft style avatars. I cannot wait for them to wake up to the worst hangover ever when all that useless crap comes crumbling down after the bubble bursts.

    • @gamingNFTs
      @gamingNFTs Год назад +1

      you dont anything in your MMO.
      In a real decentralized metaverse, you own everything. Big difference.

    • @420villain
      @420villain Год назад +6

      @@gamingNFTs if a regular person owns nothing why should they play?

  • @JB-ue6lf
    @JB-ue6lf Год назад +3

    So everyone is just going to ignore the endless amount of bots in the comments promoting crypto and crypto scammers? Every video mentioning crypto has bots pretending to be people promoting crypto and no one finds it alarming?

  • @marylander3798
    @marylander3798 Год назад +9

    I can't think of anywhere/anything I would want to do less than hang out in the metaverse.

  • @bluesshooes
    @bluesshooes Год назад +162

    I wouldn't mind hanging out in a world that looks exactly like an animated film, like Akira or something, but a horrible generic digital world is incredibly uninteresting. It gives me a headache just thinking about it.

    • @vgrepairs
      @vgrepairs Год назад +11

      ads, clickbait, corporate controlled media

    • @lovepeacebliss
      @lovepeacebliss Год назад +8

      Akira was set in a dystopia.....

    • @PoorMuttski
      @PoorMuttski Год назад +1

      The meta verse is already here. It’s a Roblox lobby

    • @1digitalsmith
      @1digitalsmith Год назад

      it's always jst the inception level 1.0 that is always always horrible , give it ten yrs

    • @digger5521
      @digger5521 Год назад +4

      Akira didnt end well.....

  • @RoundHouseDictator
    @RoundHouseDictator Год назад +108

    Crypto may be histories most elaborate midlife crisis and it's tiring.

    • @alexs1540
      @alexs1540 Год назад

      Are you having an elaborate midlife crisis?

    • @davycrockett8886
      @davycrockett8886 Год назад +5

      Crypto is the only viable solution for a broken and corrupt banking system. At this point most fiat currencies are a joke.

    • @blink182bfsftw
      @blink182bfsftw Год назад +2

      @@davycrockett8886 OK shill

    • @davycrockett8886
      @davycrockett8886 Год назад +2

      @@blink182bfsftw You learnt a crypto term and now you think you understand it?

    • @TheFallinhalo
      @TheFallinhalo Год назад +1

      @@davycrockett8886 ya and Cryto is even MORE of a joke. In other news the sky is blue. and wet is wet and im worth more then you. because you went broke because of a cryto crash.

  • @breckflanagan-caldwell7311
    @breckflanagan-caldwell7311 Год назад +116

    This guy is always bringing the dad vibes to his reporting. Lol 🤣 I'm just like him. "Like most people, I'm not sure what the metaverse does, why I need it, and if I do need it." He was appalled when Vice had him report on Tik Tok

    • @lk7195
      @lk7195 Год назад +2

      I'm also one of those people. It's unappealing to me.

    • @falseprogress
      @falseprogress Год назад

      He couldn't hide his disdain for virtual reality nerds, which is good. The real (natural) world is being destroyed to build energy factories wherever there's wind, sun, oil, gas or coal. People need to stop pretending new energy sources are "green" just because they don't usually emit smoke.

  • @cmac7384
    @cmac7384 Год назад +15

    Playstation had something like Meta 15 years ago. It was constantly hacked and creepy as hell.

  • @bongwelll
    @bongwelll Год назад +80

    I keep saying we are living in the age of the scam and the age of the middle man. We need a trustbuster, someone in power who is really going to change things. We have tent cities, a declining life expectancy, mass incarceration, mass shootings, and so so many other problems. Let's start by medical for all, ending the drug war, ending mass incarceration, taxing the rich, SROs instead of shelters for the homeless and demilitarizing the police. We live in the richest country in the world we should be ashamed of ourselves. How much does one person need? Do they have to have all of it.

    • @pogolaugh
      @pogolaugh Год назад +13

      Totally agreed. And Crypto isn’t gonna solve any of these problems.

    • @actaniumyt37
      @actaniumyt37 Год назад +2

      The entire point of cryptocurrency is to remove the middleman

    • @actaniumyt37
      @actaniumyt37 Год назад +2

      Blockchain has been called “the trust protocol” because it eliminates the need for trust

    • @dsnodgrass4843
      @dsnodgrass4843 Год назад

      Never place your faith in one person in power. Too many reasons to list as to why.

    • @pogolaugh
      @pogolaugh Год назад

      @@dsnodgrass4843 That’s why we need a movement to back them up. That’s how real change starts.

  • @kinghassy334
    @kinghassy334 Год назад +59

    Yea let's let video game companies control entire economies and let's merge our hobby and our financial livelihood. That's sounds like a fun future.

    • @psilobom
      @psilobom Год назад +1

      It only sounds appealing to them because it's their only hope of "getting in on the ground floor" on a crypto-based project.
      It's pathetic profiteering. Creating nothing of actual value in hopes someone is dumb enough to buy it
      At least you can buy drugs with BTC.

  • @nileyacob3126
    @nileyacob3126 Год назад +43

    I am a bit confused. They are talking about the "metaverse" as if it is some real physical thing and they are giving value to it. I am not old but I do feel old when people are going nuts over this and spending actual cash on items in the metaverse. This is actual money that they worked to get and they are buying a piece of land or art that is only available inside a computer program. Are we living in a world like The Matrix or something?

    • @sniferlip
      @sniferlip Год назад +3

      No, it's not the Matrix. It's the dumb world we've been living in since 2016

    • @imissjesus
      @imissjesus Год назад +1

      you might be mistaken on the "worked to get" part. i don't belief anyone who works to meet his needs wastes it on meta crap.
      on the other hand casinos are a thing ...

    • @zvexevz
      @zvexevz Год назад

      Sorta like The Matrix, but instead of being such an accurate reproduction of reality that you can't tell the difference between real and virtual, it's shitty low-res garbage that would have been out of date 15 years ago. Also the only people there are all in an obnoxious cult and will constantly tell you to "invest" in worthless crap.

    • @johnpablo2772
      @johnpablo2772 Год назад

      No different from people buying movies on their fire stick they’ll never physically own
      EVERYTHING IS DIGITAL these days
      Half of y’all pay for iTunes ( music you’ll never own)
      Guns & Maps on Call of Duty ( you’ll never own )
      See how that works people are hypocrites without even realizing

    • @StreakyBaconMan
      @StreakyBaconMan Год назад

      They honestly believe the future of the 'metaverse' is for it to become so entertaining that most people want to spend significant portions of their life in it, and enjoy their time in the metaverse more than they enjoy their time in the real world and therefore value items and land inside the metaverse as much if not more than the same things in the real world. The problem is making a metaverse that the majority of people all want to spend time in together - I somehow do not see anybody or any company being able to make a metaverse that not only appeals to my kids, but to me, my parents and my grandparents and was entertaining enough that we all spent the majority of the time we could inside of it.

  • @taterkaze9428
    @taterkaze9428 Год назад +41

    People have been interacting in imaginary worlds for more than 15 years. These worlds are called games. "Game" is, given technological capabilities, a misnomer. Online games are interactive worlds. The metaverse is an online game with all the fun removed. Just simple avatars, crude interiors, and badly drawn landscapes. Belief in metaverse as a thing = stupid.

    • @fishbrainLTD
      @fishbrainLTD Год назад +4

      It's an economic system that isn't stuck inside a single game.

    • @WiseOnion
      @WiseOnion Год назад +8

      @@fishbrainLTD it's a scam.

    • @freewaystudio
      @freewaystudio Год назад

      @@WiseOnion You know it’s okay if you’re just too stupid to understand it, I hope you come back to this comment in a decade from now.

    • @Sweethands4
      @Sweethands4 3 месяца назад

      It's actually easier to train highly intelligent people to believe in a simulated world than stupid ones; the faster one's brain can learn anything, the faster one's brain can be taught to believe a falsehood ("brainwashed"). Establishments have done this for centuries; the majority doing it for decades in China/Korea, however, is beyond horror/inhumanity.

  • @jamesmitch9792
    @jamesmitch9792 Год назад +120

    "being committed to being hated both in real life and in the metaverse"
    lmao
    Michael is such chad.
    he's easily the best reporter vice has

    • @revelation20232
      @revelation20232 Год назад

      There are no Chads on the Left

    • @jamesmitch9792
      @jamesmitch9792 Год назад

      @@revelation20232 correction
      there are no chads on the US political left.

    • @yikes710
      @yikes710 Год назад

      I'll admit most of the reporting here was great but the dude is pretty ignorant when it comes to VR stuff.

  • @Brigitteq1
    @Brigitteq1 Год назад +43

    Bitcoin crashing and may take time to rise again and the best investment one can do right now is to invest on Forex trading although cryptocurrencies are good but ever since I swapped to Forex trading I’ve seen a big difference.

    • @Ethanoliver234
      @Ethanoliver234 Год назад

      Oh yea you got to see the favourable Forexrise in profit, this will be the best time to invest in Forextrading based on current status.

    • @maksymian2450
      @maksymian2450 Год назад

      @Juan Carlos I’m thinking of moving into Forextrading, Can you please help me trade?

    • @dorotareed4978
      @dorotareed4978 Год назад

      Forextrading is truly a Game changer, it will be a lucrative move to take advantage of Forextrading because it will be very profitable overtime.

    • @christaindonald2735
      @christaindonald2735 Год назад

      Smith jones put me through Forextrading and now I’m making profitable trades on my own after learning his winning methods.

    • @christaindonald2735
      @christaindonald2735 Год назад

      He is very active on g mail.

  • @PoorMuttski
    @PoorMuttski Год назад +3

    All these people waxing poetic about how much promise this tech has, how much people have bought into it, how revolutionary it is, how much it is “the future”.
    But not a single person can ever tell you why, or what you can use it for.

  • @kendrickmason2577
    @kendrickmason2577 Год назад +116

    . The majority of cryptocurrencies is a fraud that will die out if prices remain low for a lengthy period of time, but will resurface during the next Bull cycle.>

  • @picklecandy2507
    @picklecandy2507 Год назад +17

    Vice:'Everything in crypto is a scam'
    Crypto ads wait a minute.

  • @jennifervesques6327
    @jennifervesques6327 10 месяцев назад +23

    I can't imagine how hard it would be to decide to take on a re-coveryagent role of an scammed persons. The history needs to be remembered though and the help that was born through such pain and suffering. Mad respect to these *Apexbureauservice* that take on these roles.

    • @Sweethands4
      @Sweethands4 3 месяца назад

      Even though Apex... works for the biggest scammers of all?

  • @Rakhilya
    @Rakhilya Год назад +7

    Do not remember the name of the movie, but this quote stuck with me forever "This is free market, not free world" This made me realize that unregulated anything is bad for humans. Period. Anybody who says other wise has either 0 understanding what free market is, or 0 interest in my well-being, they only think about themselves.

  • @atgimm2090
    @atgimm2090 Год назад +46

    NFT sounds like a huge scam idk how ppl buy into this. And man metaverses graphics are trash

  • @luanmasao1214
    @luanmasao1214 Год назад +6

    "Crypto is not a scam". Not even two hours later and the comment section is full of bots spamming about a fake crypto coin.

    • @samus598
      @samus598 Год назад +2

      Seriously, these damn spam bots are making RUclips comment sections even more miserable than they already were. I report them all the time, but it seems like RUclips is helpless to remove them.

    • @Rokaishi
      @Rokaishi Год назад

      scam meet scam.
      the irony

  • @Spartos83
    @Spartos83 Год назад +18

    Lmfao the crypto interview part in Vr had me laughing out loud. We don’t do 1 on 1 interview face to face; instead let’s do a vr interview🤣🤣🤣
    2:50

  • @mikejefferson128
    @mikejefferson128 10 месяцев назад +21

    Thank you *Apexbureau Service* for brightening my life again."You are an inspiration because of your persistent, positive
    attitude." "Your positive attitude and hard work on the net are what make you guys great!" 'Thank you for having a positive attitude and a great work ethic!!!

  • @LyricSnowe
    @LyricSnowe Год назад +35

    Why is Meta pretending like VR hasnt been a thing for a while now?
    Basically a zoom session with video games. Ooooo

    • @maudepotvin5436
      @maudepotvin5436 Год назад

      Sandbox is much more interresting ! It's all game made by player and all is open ! I Love it :3

    • @Ballpython50001
      @Ballpython50001 Год назад

      Your summary of the metaverse being "a zoom session with video games"
      is a very dangerous way of thinking about it because it promotes the idea that this thing is harmless.
      You need to understand that you are not the target audience. Nobody who would use the metaverse actually is.
      The real target audience is multibillion dollar companies.
      When you see videos of Mark Zuckerberg showing off the metaverse he is not saying:
      "Hey average working class citizen, come buy my product".
      He is actually saying:
      "Hey multibillion dollar companies I created a system that could be used to advertise to people.
      Just imagine millions of VR avatars walking around in NFT shirts that say "Coca Cola" or "Pizza Hut".

  • @davidjohnzenocollins
    @davidjohnzenocollins Год назад +94

    "Is everything in crypto a scam?" Yes.

    • @Ziu21
      @Ziu21 Год назад +10

      Don’t be jealous mate!
      If don’t like,or not believe crypto doesn’t mean it’s “scam”

    • @jideajibola5074
      @jideajibola5074 Год назад +7

      @@Ziu21 what does being jealous have to do with anything here?

    • @Lelende
      @Lelende Год назад

      Bro these comments are so ignorant. Look at the wildcat age of banking in the US. Very sinilar to crypto banks go boom and bust every few years. It's not that crypto/banks were scams. Just that business didnt work out and they cut their losses.
      No understanding of history...

    • @Island_Bag
      @Island_Bag Год назад +6

      @@jideajibola5074 he probably lost money so I’m his mind it automatically a scam. I for one am optimistic for defi and am in one project faithfully.

    • @nothingineternityterms
      @nothingineternityterms Год назад +11

      @@Ziu21 Nah it's a scam

  • @TieuMa24
    @TieuMa24 Год назад +5

    Metaverse looks like Second Life but just 10 years later , so hilarious 😂🤣

  • @oversaturatedweb
    @oversaturatedweb Год назад +7

    Can't tell if the metaverse is a reaction to the physical built world being so heinous or if the physical built world is so heinous because so much time, effort, and wealth has been diverted to the creation of this alternate monstrosity.

  • @Co-opSource
    @Co-opSource Год назад +41

    I generally like Vice reporting but somehow this piece conflates three separate topics, crypto, “the metaverse” and VR. Please keep VR out of the crypto & metaverse cluster snuggles. VR is a foundational technology like displays, keyboards and mice. Crypto/metaverse projects might use VR but aren’t directly related. Also, the Quest 1 used in this piece is very outdated and doesn’t represent the current market for VR. Try a PC based VR, it’s 🔥

    • @pogolaugh
      @pogolaugh Год назад +5

      I didn’t get the feeling they conflated VR as the metaverse. The reason you may think that is because the metaverse isn’t anything but hype and rebranding of VR and gaming. There’s literally nothing new, I’ve been inside “metaverses” since I played Disney’s “Virtual Magic Kingdom” in the 2000s.

    • @AnEvolvingApe
      @AnEvolvingApe Год назад

      VR tech sucks in every single implementation available.

    • @pogolaugh
      @pogolaugh Год назад +1

      @@AnEvolvingApe you’ve clearly never played super hot on VR

    • @Co-opSource
      @Co-opSource Год назад

      @@AnEvolvingApe At what point will it be acceptable to you?

    • @gunwhores
      @gunwhores Год назад +1

      @@AnEvolvingApe I'm guessing you haven't played half life alyx or any racing/flight sim in vr

  • @CLHLC
    @CLHLC Год назад +31

    Everytime I listen to someone saying Metaverse is going to be the next big thing I wonder if 'Second life' was all in my dreams

    • @ecoideazventures6417
      @ecoideazventures6417 Год назад

      wow! so well said! What happened to that second life? And why the hell these Metaverse guys avoid using the word virtual reality?

    • @alexs1540
      @alexs1540 Год назад

      Why do people make the comparison?

    • @MidnightBard
      @MidnightBard Год назад +3

      @@alexs1540 a lot of the “perks” of meta verse already existed in second life: buying land, owning items in second life, selling items you created, etc. The graphics for some worlds also look very similar

    • @josecorchete3732
      @josecorchete3732 Год назад +1

      @@ecoideazventures6417 Believe it or not, still strong, with more daily users that it has in its supposed peak. What is no longer is trending, but still there and still an alternative to social networks.

  • @ALT-vz3jn
    @ALT-vz3jn Год назад +6

    The amount of spammers and scammers in these comments just proves that the Metaverse is just an upcoming steaming pile of feces.

    • @TheFallinhalo
      @TheFallinhalo Год назад

      even more proof Crypto is a scam. their so reliant on getting people to buy in.
      it doesnt work on smart people because smart people dont buy crypto. only idiots do.

  • @NateLacroix
    @NateLacroix Год назад +43

    I was a bit obsessed with crypto and NFTs for a while there... yikes. i hate that I was a part of that community and thought it was going somewhere. I think there is a lot of promise, but the structure isn't there. it's a mess. thankfully the only money I "lost" was also free crypto I received from a company I did some work for. I still own some of their token, but it's lost most of it's value at this point. What a crazy ride it was.

    • @mikeymusic1
      @mikeymusic1 Год назад

      They say crypto isn’t centralised………Ok……….So why is it controlled and run via a “centralised” location by the NSA out of Bethesda, Marylands……..and who owns and controls the master node………to all things crypto………you guessed it……..the NSA………every crypto build up and crash is by design……to siphon as much currencies as possible from the systems and more so from the people………So the crypto followers wanted and dreamed of parallel currencies to escape the former “old” system……..well congratulations………you got out of “Their” old system and right back into their new one……..and with the only master node owned and controlled……..And once at its peak they can push a button and drain the bathtub and with you in it………and if Crypto can’t be for everyone……….then it shouldn’t be for anyone……….and a new and more accessible platform should now be looked at and seriously considered……….not just for insiders or start ups to these platforms that have exclusive access years before anyone else does………and certainly not for anyone that is already “wealthy” who also get advantaged access also………

    • @skyloewen1068
      @skyloewen1068 Год назад +6

      can't lose something it never had.

    • @NateLacroix
      @NateLacroix Год назад

      @Christopher Lellis thank you so much for your unnecessary input. I will remember these wise words next time I consider sharing my own experience and opinions. You've shown me the error of my ways and I will forever be in your debt. Will you ever be able to forgive me for such an atrocity?

    • @TheFallinhalo
      @TheFallinhalo Год назад

      @Christopher Lellis ya neighter do you clearly since you couldnt even be bothered to explain it. Typical of a Crypto/NFT Bro

    • @pirufihho
      @pirufihho Год назад +4

      I did the same, got into crypto and was very excited but then i realize its a scam and is volatile so i took all of my investment and now i dont trust in crypto anymore

  • @AlexNichiporchik
    @AlexNichiporchik Год назад +136

    It’s baffling how out of touch people who control so much capital can be. The resistance is because gamers are smart enough to smell bullshit.

    • @thtb
      @thtb Год назад +3

      Thankfully the out of touchness can be useful, as a one time historical event. Get some GME.

    • @kickassgoat
      @kickassgoat Год назад +26

      They are not out of touch, they are laundering money...

    • @nocturne341
      @nocturne341 Год назад +8

      This man just said "gamers"

    • @sownheard
      @sownheard Год назад +4

      @@nocturne341 Gamer🕹️🎮 > Bitcoin Baby's💻💸 > Monkey PNG Trader📱🐒

    • @alespidych5311
      @alespidych5311 Год назад +1

      Wouldnt say so

  • @koruspring1519
    @koruspring1519 Год назад +11

    Metaverse is VR game. That's pretty much it, isn't it? Don't give me the marketing crap.

    • @ShineDecayy
      @ShineDecayy Год назад

      Loll mr dinosaur mind over here!

    • @karigucio
      @karigucio Год назад

      fr, why is vr a main interest point in a video on crypto supposedly

    • @koruspring1519
      @koruspring1519 Год назад

      @@ShineDecayy no, wait, I love metaverse. I don't like how it's being destroyed by these big corporation trying to earn big bucks from it.

    • @Ballpython50001
      @Ballpython50001 Год назад

      @@koruspring1519 No, Mark Zuckerbergs Metaverse is not a game.
      It will be an advertising platform that will host user created worlds/games.
      (Much like how modern day RUclips is an advertising platform that hosts user created videos).
      The problem Zuckerberg has run into is:
      RUclips started out as a "by the people, for the people" type of website that slowly morphed into a corporate hellhole of
      censorship and advertisements,
      that people are reluctant to leave because of the familiarity they have with it.
      While Zuckerberg on the other hand has chosen to go full in on the "corporate hellhole" aspect without a "by the people, for the people" starting point.
      Please remember.
      The Metaverse is made for large corporations, not you.
      When you see videos of Mark Zuckerberg showing off the metaverse he is not saying:
      "Hey average working class citizen, come buy my product".
      He is actually saying:
      "Hey multibillion dollar corporations, I created a system that could be used to advertise to people.
      Just imagine millions of VR avatars walking around in NFT shirts that say "Coca Cola" or "Pizza Hut",
      if we turn people into walking billboards, they will go and spread to other VR worlds and your brands will never escape their minds!"

  • @poweredbynato6313
    @poweredbynato6313 Год назад +1

    Those that say no digital currency is not a scam are the scammers...
    Those that invest and say no... just got scammed...
    The last person holding the nfts and digital currency will lose everything...

  • @raythomas5090
    @raythomas5090 Год назад +44

    It became a scam when it got big. If you invested when it first came out and then sold it when it hit $50k or $60k that would’ve been the best thing to do

    • @holdenwinters68
      @holdenwinters68 Год назад +11

      It was $6k in 2020. You could have 10x'd in two years. People missed out on it BC they say stupid things like calling it a scam.

    • @mllawso1
      @mllawso1 Год назад

      @@holdenwinters68 Crypto isn't a scam. Crypto is an unregulated means used by scammers.
      Like penny stocks in the early 90s.

    • @etownzu
      @etownzu Год назад +16

      Oh the irony of a scam bot commenting right above me. I wonder if crypto is a scam 🤔

    • @dsnodgrass4843
      @dsnodgrass4843 Год назад +10

      And that's the problem. You're always gonna be "late", and information will always be asymmetrical. And as such, instead of being in the kitchen or at the table you'll always be on the menu.

    • @gerichoacosta2553
      @gerichoacosta2553 Год назад

      Lol stay poor

  • @Nobody-Nowhere
    @Nobody-Nowhere Год назад +23

    Its funny how that web 3.0 looks like what internet was 20 years ago. Its almost like its all about money, and actually developing anything worthwhile is not that interesting.

    • @Nobody-Nowhere
      @Nobody-Nowhere Год назад

      @whatsApp me ±①⑧①④④⑥⑤⑦⓪①① I will totally do that! You look so legit.

    • @snakezula
      @snakezula Год назад +1

      For about 95% of the crypto space, yeah that is accurate. Most networks are limited by scalability issues which causes interoperability issues that compounds into an inferior overall experience for developers and users.
      It's not really intended as a shill but as the best possible example, Internet Computer (ICP) and the team behind it @ Dfinity have innovated solutions that fix all of the crippling blockchain limitations, so much so that it can even host entire web-pages at web speed on the blockchain, not through AWS or any other cloud service and can do it at a price point that competes with web 2 + extra benefits. The technology also allows them to directly integrate with other blockchains without the need of a 3rd party bridging service, essentially it will become the central computer driving every other blockchains computation needs. Everyone will know about this in about 2-4 years when it becomes the overwhelming dominant technology in the space and starts to legitimately threaten web 2.

    • @Nobody-Nowhere
      @Nobody-Nowhere Год назад +1

      @@snakezula It does not fix the biggest issue, there is no real need or use for blockchains. All this time and insane amounts of money & resources, and crypto has not produced anything.
      All crypto has done, is shown why capitalism is a total failure. As everything is done for the sake of profit, nothing else matters. In crypto, they have just literally cut out the unnecessary bits.. like creating something that has use value. Its like they are trying to build a factory, thats output is literally profit.

  • @thep.i.s.s274
    @thep.i.s.s274 Год назад +9

    I find it really interesting, how the world and people are deeply divided on this topic between tech and virtual existence and people who dont care and keep a grip with reality and or are as always not interested in advancement in technology.
    For someone that had acces to computers and internet basically my entire life, my interest is non existent in this trend of digital worlds (especially those that revolve around money, as if real life isnt already that) and while long distance chats on social medias with close ones and friends are a good thing, i cannot see myself value more fictional experiences or things over real life, what do you have left once the powers goes off, once you turn off the computer?
    You cant be jacked into it for escapism forever.

  • @crustythewanksock2413
    @crustythewanksock2413 Год назад +2

    Imagine spending real money on virtual property in a game with 90s Nintendo graphics 🤣

    • @bradebronson8835
      @bradebronson8835 Год назад

      People spend cash on minecraft everyday tho. LOL

  • @makeracistsafraidagain
    @makeracistsafraidagain Год назад +83

    I researched crypto when I first heard of it and it seemed like a scheme to get the first in rich at the expense of people who get in later.

    • @maxwelljacobs961
      @maxwelljacobs961 Год назад +14

      You mean like the stock market??

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 Год назад

      “Seemed”

    • @linger4605
      @linger4605 Год назад +15

      Cryptocurrency is like Mary Kay for dude bros

    • @bellezanegra0206
      @bellezanegra0206 Год назад +4

      That’s exactly what it is

    • @tommymc7535
      @tommymc7535 Год назад +5

      Painting with a broad brush here for sure, it seems you might not have done much research. There are many cryptocurrencies that will be here for the long hall… Some cryptocurrencies provide major benefits to many different industries. The problem is, it’s not regulated enough. I’d say 90% of cryptos are completely useless or are outright scams. People need to know what they are investing in, just as much they should know what they are talking down about.

  • @MarkJonathan_
    @MarkJonathan_ 10 месяцев назад +46

    I LOVE the fact that the victims were able to leave that message to the heart souls. They were able to tell that guy off AND they are no longer victims! *ApexBureauService* you are such an awesome force be reckoned and that is why I watch you!! Keep up the good work!!

  • @KingAlphaOmega
    @KingAlphaOmega Год назад +11

    Screw these technologies!
    Touch the grass for once.

  • @theburger_king
    @theburger_king Год назад +1

    The thumbnail with the random Bitcoin sitting on a lga socket is kinda weird ngl

  • @nataliezementbeisser1492
    @nataliezementbeisser1492 Год назад +22

    YES EVERYTHING IS A SCAM

  • @zovni
    @zovni Год назад +80

    I appreciate the "old man laughing at nerds" vibe Michael brings, but Vice would be better served by bringing in someone that actually knows what to ask these jerks. Ie. When the techbro discusses his metaverse crap, one would know that the idea of open and user-owned content runs counterpoint to the very fact that these are lines of code and art assets running on a game engine's server. No fancy blockchained database entry saying that its yours is going to change that fundamental fact.
    The very nature of the grifts here run on the assumptions that nobody question the basic premises of the technology being deployed, and instead it all relies on getting lost on the sea of buzzwords such as "decentralized, user-owned, value-based, etc"
    Also the guy finding an alternate use for discarded natural gas is not really solving any problem. He's compunding it by not introducing it back into the productive chain and instead using it to fuel his digital scarcity machine, with all the problems that creates. A properly educated anchor would have at least the foresight to considered pushing the question of why are you using a scarce natural resource for that.

    • @NuttGreez
      @NuttGreez Год назад

      It's just libertarianism rebranded for the modern age. Same gullible simpletons and predatory hucksters...

    • @ushgambala1
      @ushgambala1 Год назад

      Same type of videos were produced about CBD and marijuana as medicine for years

    • @Cbd_7ohm
      @Cbd_7ohm Год назад +1

      @@ushgambala1 Cannabis is medicine. Also cannabis has cbd in it. Idk why you differentiated the two.

    • @kinghassy334
      @kinghassy334 Год назад +4

      A good example is 6:49, the guy marketing play to earn is baffled by the resistance that gamers have against NFT games. The most obvious reason for the resistance is the actual implementation of play to earn. There are videos that analyze all the problems deeply so I'm not gonna do it here but the vice reporter just let's him spout this PR.

    • @ushgambala1
      @ushgambala1 Год назад +1

      @@Cbd_7ohm I’m speaking about stories made without a proper knowledge of the subject by the presenter

  • @lionkaizoku-o2773
    @lionkaizoku-o2773 Год назад +1

    Awesome episode, we need episode 2.

  • @kaifhere
    @kaifhere Год назад +12

    They're trying hard to promote something with no utility and purpose in the real world!

  • @red-black8138
    @red-black8138 Год назад +4

    Welcome to team fortress 2 and CSGO (& dota 2). Where you can buy and sell items and actually get something out of it.
    Most of these economies have been working for years pretty safely, if you are like semi aware how the common scams work.

  • @VitalityMassage
    @VitalityMassage Год назад +30

    If it looks fake, sounds fake and is created by fake and destructive means, it IS FAKE.

    • @boob72
      @boob72 Год назад

      You just described the fiat system

  • @rebeccamoore8366
    @rebeccamoore8366 Год назад +92

    Thank you for this enlightening video it has helped me greatly. Many a time new comers are indecisive on how to start when it comes to their personal investment growth. But great investors can provide proper guidance...

    • @josephhughes9583
      @josephhughes9583 Год назад

      True< this is a scary time for new investors but the best thing you can do is not to make decisions based on emotions. This could actually be a good time to buy more of your high conviction stocks or crypto on a discount. Wealth is created during bear markets, not bull markets. If your portfolio is really effecting your mental health then delete the app and go for a walk. Let the market do its thing and have a long time horizon. I buy and just trade long term more than ever, I have made over 16` btc from day trading with Mark Maxwell in few weeks this is one of the best medium to backup your assets incase it goes bearish…

    • @jessicasam2516
      @jessicasam2516 Год назад

      My growing love for crypto caused me to explore until I came across Mark Maxwell (although I'm trying to avoid sensationalism) he is by far the best. No hype for hype's sake, but great inspiration to trade Crypto…

    • @Helen_Sanch
      @Helen_Sanch Год назад

      Wow, you know Maxwell as well , he has been helping alot of [people recover their losses from the crash, he's all we need right now. Trading has so much advantages as it is volatile, this is a perfect time to partake in it folks.

    • @aarondaniels5525
      @aarondaniels5525 Год назад

      I invested with Max too, he understands every beginners intention and fix you to a trading plan that matches your capital…

    • @rebeccamoore8366
      @rebeccamoore8366 Год назад

  • @cognitivedissonancecamp6326
    @cognitivedissonancecamp6326 Год назад +26

    This in-world footage is dreadful. Giving me ADD. The nerds can have the meta-verse. I'll stay in prime reality.

  • @Rocketbunny180sx
    @Rocketbunny180sx Год назад +4

    MONEY MONEY MONEY CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME
    That's all this is. These things weren't created because we spent a great deal of time contemplating their needs and importance. It's all just gimmicks to sell. We went too far when we began forcing people to use these gimmicks in their every day lives, through forceful updates, closing off services, etc. - basically, engineering obsolescence. They can do this because it's such a small group of people that ultimately decide the course of how technology moves. It is not democratized or open.
    I feel that one of the best times for the digital age was around 1998-2002. This was a great period where we loved our games and computers, but weren't consumed by them. They were there to help us and entertain us, not take over our lives and make our lives revolve around them. You could still touch grass, you still had enormous curiosity about the digital world and computers, communications and friendships were still strong and real. Quite simply, it was a point where we had a wonderful balance between being human and living with computers. Those days have vanished rapidly, as if decayed by an untreatable and aggressive cancer.
    The window to reverse it is closing fast.

  • @mellisabakker8524
    @mellisabakker8524 Год назад +22

    Venturing into the trading world without the help of a professional trader and expecting profits is like turning water into wine, you would need a miracle, that's why i trade with Mrs Paula David, her skills set is exceptional.

    • @henrysimon7213
      @henrysimon7213 Год назад

      I'm surprised you know her too, I've been making a lot of profit investing with her for a few month now.

    • @michaelparas1499
      @michaelparas1499 Год назад

      I'm a bit perplexed seeing Paula been mentioned here, also didn’t know she has been good to so many people.

    • @marklingard7705
      @marklingard7705 Год назад

      I'm new at this and have heard so much about Paula David and her trading exploits, How can i reach her?

    • @hannahwidder1784
      @hannahwidder1784 Год назад

      She taught me how to utilize the volatility of the Crypto world, I make gain from trading despite the price chart.

    • @mellisabakker8524
      @mellisabakker8524 Год назад

      @@marklingard7705 Kindly reach her on telegam with the username below

  • @pauldalpozzo
    @pauldalpozzo Год назад +1

    Please do a follow up of this in a couple months. Interested to see how the businesses in here have done.

  • @danielromerosol4158
    @danielromerosol4158 Год назад +38

    is not a Pyramid, it only has a shape of a pyramid...

    • @Tearakan
      @Tearakan Год назад +10

      It's a reverse funnel system!

    • @rayedrama
      @rayedrama Год назад +1

      Its a anti-pyramid

  • @kuzya12
    @kuzya12 Год назад +7

    IT IS, I lost everything I invested in 1 year. $20k

    • @hzt7469
      @hzt7469 Год назад +6

      and that is 100% your fault 🤔

    • @joanolgakeine6971
      @joanolgakeine6971 Год назад +1

      WTF

    • @kuzya12
      @kuzya12 Год назад

      It was a professional actually, whom went all in with LUNA

  • @DKong1026
    @DKong1026 Год назад +27

    This segment was great! I really do not like the concept of the Metaverse, especially one that is owned and operated by Facebook. Not everything appears to be a scam, but crypto and "web 3" don't seem to be all that utopian after all, IMO.

    • @JohnSmith-pn2vl
      @JohnSmith-pn2vl Год назад +1

      metaverse ha nothing to do with that zuckerberg puppet, he just made the name bad.
      facebook is still evil and useless as always.
      the real metaverse is basically heaven and zuckerberg won't have anything to do with it at all.

    • @kushking949
      @kushking949 Год назад +1

      haha scammers this channel is blocking your fake comments

    • @mikeymusic1
      @mikeymusic1 Год назад

      They say crypto isn’t centralised………Ok……….So why is it controlled and run via a “centralised” location by the NSA out of Bethesda, Marylands……..and who owns and controls the master node………to all things crypto………you guessed it……..the NSA………every crypto build up and crash is by design……to siphon as much currencies as possible from the systems and more so from the people………So the crypto followers wanted and dreamed of parallel currencies to escape the former “old” system……..well congratulations………you got out of “Their” old system and right back into their new one……..and with the only master node owned and controlled……..And once at its peak they can push a button and drain the bathtub and with you in it………and if Crypto can’t be for everyone……….then it shouldn’t be for anyone……….and a new and more accessible platform should now be looked at and seriously considered……….not just for insiders or start ups to these platforms that have exclusive access years before anyone else does………and certainly not for anyone that is already “wealthy” who also get advantaged access also………

  • @AdvExplorer
    @AdvExplorer Год назад +1

    to me the most interesting potential for NFS are the connection to ownership of real world property, like land, real estate, vehicles, etc.

  • @isaidicanshout
    @isaidicanshout Год назад +64

    this guy is ALMOST on the verge of having a breakthrough... nobody wants to have all the value absorbed by massive companies... but the answer is NOT by introducing scarcity and capitalism into a virtual world where resources are unlimited. The metaverse should be a way to emancipate us from the shackles of capitalism altogether, not to divert funds from one corporation to any number of individuals. Our goal as a society should be to achieve a world of post-scarcity, not to introduce scarcity where there is none.

    • @aishwariyasweety2433
      @aishwariyasweety2433 Год назад +1

      capitalists do what capitalists does. mf'ers.

    • @swampmop
      @swampmop Год назад +5

      @Solendore humanity should not last if we can not support all of humanity. we are seeing it coming to a boiling point again and i don’t think telling people “yeah a lot of you are gonna suffer and die but think of how much we are progressing as society :)” is going to do much

    • @Code_Dee
      @Code_Dee Год назад +13

      We are already in a post scarcity world, but scarcity is maintained artificially. Since 2012, maybe 2014, we've been producing enough food as a species to feed everyone on earth, but because corporations are in control of the food supply they throw away any food that isn't bringing them a profit and have no interest in non-profit food supply.
      Same for housing, at least in the US. We have more empty properties than we do homeless people, but because banks and private equity buy property as investments those properties sit empty, and the homeless remain homeless.
      Water is perhaps the exception, and as a society we don't protect our fresh water sources nearly enough.

    • @isaidicanshout
      @isaidicanshout Год назад +6

      @@Code_Dee TL;DR - we are all fucked

    • @Code_Dee
      @Code_Dee Год назад +2

      ​@@Spearca Ok then when we no longer have the means to keep producing the way we have been, then we will return to scarcity but until then, we are post-scarcity.
      It's indisputable that for the last ten years we could have fed everyone on Earth if not for the corporate profit-driven model of food distribution. Whether or not that will remain the case is beside the point, and if we return to actual scarcity as opposed to artificial, then all the more reason to take food distribution out of the purview of corporations considering how wasteful the current model is.

  • @birdflipper
    @birdflipper Год назад +9

    How long before law enforcement starts virtually raiding properties, seizing NFT's and crypto wallets, arresting avatars, and charging crypto bail to get out of meta jail?😂

    • @nthabix
      @nthabix Год назад +1

      Law enforcement will have a metaverse judiciary system

    • @carcotasu081
      @carcotasu081 Год назад +1

      The VR IRS gonna get you

    • @dmo848
      @dmo848 Год назад +1

      Oh that's 🤣

  • @Otter-Destruction
    @Otter-Destruction Год назад +4

    Here's what I've noticed in my time investing traditionally, my stake in Crypto was less than 1k and I got out at a loss of about 500, when crypto tanks anti crypto scream "I told you so" pro crypto scream "Buying opportunity" when it rockets pro crypto scream "I told you so" anti crypto scream "It's a scam".
    BTC and other crypto out there will never be currency, it's completely naïve to assume a government will surrender control of its currency, especially the US EU and China.

    • @thunderpooch
      @thunderpooch Год назад +1

      Crypto is not a currency. The proof: it has to be purchased with actual currency.
      It's a pure scam. That doesn't mean it won't go up. It will. It will largely track central banking money creation. That's its future: To exist as a dead "asset" for morons to park their money in.
      Dumb dumb worthless things have existed forever. Humans are largely too stupid to realize it if a few have made fortunes off of it. They ignore all the losses of others and lost productivity and energy wasted on such a scam.

    • @swazbenjaminOfficial
      @swazbenjaminOfficial Год назад

      El Salvador - BTC is legal currency

    • @Otter-Destruction
      @Otter-Destruction Год назад +2

      @@swazbenjaminOfficial lol oh im aware El Salvador has it as legal tender, but 1) its not the sole legal tender, El Salvadorans use the colon and dollar way more and is still the preferred method. 2) El Salvador isn't a major economy, their adoption didn't do anything as evidenced by the onset of Crypto winter.

    • @swazbenjaminOfficial
      @swazbenjaminOfficial Год назад

      When u say "crypto winter are you inferring that the market downturn atm is unique to crypto?

  • @SLAYERSWINE1
    @SLAYERSWINE1 Год назад +2

    Once a Ponzi scheme...ALWAYS a Ponzi scheme.

  • @carlaldric545
    @carlaldric545 Год назад +110

    Starting early is the best way of getting ahead to build wealth, investing remains a priority. The stock market has plenty of opportunities to earn a decent payouts, with the right skills and proper understanding of how the market works.

    • @lindaedi6320
      @lindaedi6320 Год назад

      Ever since I lost my job with the ministry, I have been surviving through my investment with him, am so glad I invested when I did. I’m earring $25k weekly with him

    • @lindaedi6320
      @lindaedi6320 Год назад

      Investment is that tiny line that separates the rich from the poor.

    • @lindaedi6320
      @lindaedi6320 Год назад

      His successful stories are everywhere

    • @levinhuber973
      @levinhuber973 Год назад

      please I have been hearing about this pomah hectop from my colleagues at work. How do I easily reach out to him

    • @jameswest416
      @jameswest416 Год назад

      He has really made name for himself,

  • @teddybear9354
    @teddybear9354 Год назад +24

    I saw a video, which explained how NFT's and it's owners can sell it, and then deposit it when it reaches its highest value, and then the value drops less than s cent.

  • @jairosouza7994
    @jairosouza7994 Год назад +1

    Metaverse and NFT are interesting things but temporary or maybe not. In any case the real value of crypto is far bigger than just memecoins to get rich in a week or funny pictures to collect. The real deal is that all folks must be educated in crypto, even investors, so they can protect themselves against scams and bad decisions.

  • @Sasha-ps9bu
    @Sasha-ps9bu Год назад +2

    Aged well

  • @5urg3x
    @5urg3x Год назад +24

    The IDEA of crypto currency is amazing. But the pitch is that it should have utility, low network fees, be quick, and be easy to use. There is no crypto to date that accomplishes this. They're all slow, expensive, difficult to use, and aren't accepted most places as actual currency. Bitcoin is the closest, but it's still a ways off. Cyrptocurrency is a misnomer -- you can't actually use any of them as currency -- so they're mostly used as speculative trading assets, and whenever you have speculative trading assets you'll have people with a lot of wealth manipulating the markets and extracting wealth from the people below them in the pyramid.

    • @user-tq7bq3qf3k
      @user-tq7bq3qf3k Год назад +1

      Bruh... Bitcoin transaction speeds are fucking awful, 1 hour or something, how is Bitcoin the closest network fees, quick and easy to use?
      There are coins that tackle this issue, but ofc, with some tradeoffs. Monero has lower fees compared to Bitcoin, and transactions take 2 minutes or so, MobileCoin also has lower fees (0.004%) and the transaction is done in under 5 seconds, plus it has the advantage of requiring really low storage, which means it can be used through mobile phones.

    • @OldSch00l71
      @OldSch00l71 Год назад +1

      Have you ever heard of monero?

    • @perp1exed
      @perp1exed Год назад +1

      Gotta agree with Nick K here, it's a great technology which is hard to scale and is being largely misused. That being said, it's undeniably the way of the future. At least in my mind...

    • @mikefaulksy1447
      @mikefaulksy1447 Год назад +2

      You have no idea what cryptocurrencies already exist that have low network fees, are very quick and are not harmful to the environment.

    • @5urg3x
      @5urg3x Год назад

      @@mikefaulksy1447 And what’s their market share? Can you actually use them as currency in place of fiat for everyday transactions? Thought so.