forever radicalized by my experiences with traditional finance: everyday banking, credit scores, loans, remittances, pretty much everything really

it's all a flaming heap of garbage, burn it to the ground and build better

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And it’s one that is less vocalized compared to getting banned from social media. Just a system that slightly works until it doesnt

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Stripe too tbf

As these “kyc” things get baked into code too it can get even more obfuscated. Layer on AI agents you also get non-deterministic

it’s sad but my first reaction to any issue with a tradfi account is “oh, did they just nuke my account for no reason?”

the crypto industry is often derided as dangerous meanwhile your entire life can be ruined at the whim of Brenda at Chase