05:26:33 <endogenic> wah wah monero's #9 as ranked by number of nodes https://chainparrot.com/blockchains-by-number-of-nodes.html
05:26:56 <endogenic> beaten by the likes of Zilliqa and Theta
05:27:09 <endogenic> Litecoin a close 12th 
05:28:22 <endogenic> wait
05:28:40 <endogenic> ok yeah
05:28:54 <endogenic> not so close tho
05:48:42 <ofrnxmr[m]> Fake news
05:48:57 <ofrnxmr[m]> 2002 nodes 🤣 more like 17k
05:53:34 <sech1> https://monero.fail/map
05:53:37 <sech1> 12k
05:53:55 <ofrnxmr[m]> 11900 today 
05:54:04 <sech1> at least 11900
05:54:04 <ofrnxmr[m]> Yeah, was 16k last week
05:54:35 <ofrnxmr[m]> 10x more nodes per$ than btc
10:41:34 <Infinity8> Does anyone else think Tether is a scam?
10:42:03 <Infinity8> or unlikely to "unpeg" downwards in price permanently
10:42:07 <Infinity8> USDT specifically
14:47:21 <hyc> I'm pretty convinced tether is a scam, a lot of others around here aren't
15:22:35 <apotheon> It seems like, over time, all fiat-based "stablecoins" tend toward scam.
16:32:07 <yanmaani2> it's an unlicensed bank, what do you expect
17:09:37 <Mochi101> to get ripped off
17:19:28 <NorrinRadd> never stay in a stablecoin.  you never know what will happen.  
17:19:42 <NorrinRadd> "stable" my ass 
17:21:04 <NorrinRadd> if it's not open source, decentralised, censorship resistant, and been heavily vetted,  no thanks 
17:33:04 <Mochi101> NorrinRadd, just like your fiat?
17:33:32 <NorrinRadd> my fiat?
17:36:13 <sech1> fiat is scam too
17:36:19 <sech1> just on a longer time scale
17:36:34 <sech1> well, and shorter time scale in some countries :D
21:44:35 <ofrnxmr[m]> Tether and usdc are largely backed by bonds ie government debt. 
21:44:35 <ofrnxmr[m]> Sounds stable 
21:46:01 <apotheon> NorrinRadd: I sympathize with that message.
21:46:20 <apotheon> Mochi101: yours, too
21:47:00 <Mochi101> I appreciate your genuine sympathy apotheon.
21:48:30 <apotheon> I genuinly appreciate your appreciation.
21:51:25 <Torr> Now kiss
21:52:01 <apotheon> mwah
21:52:04 <Torr> xD