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you're using r/bitcoin as an example? one of the most well known cryptocurrency subs for toxicity and juvenile mods

Doesn't really matter for the community mindset I'm talking about. See /r/btc/, /r/cryptocurrency and dozens more, it's mostly discussions about the price of cryptocurrency, dubious long term projections, memes and very little technical discussion.

Even articles about a potential application of Blockchain technology are generally met from an angle of "what coin is this going to pump?" See for instance: https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/8ti8z9/thek... . Nobody talks about anything besides trading.

I suspect a large number of comments across any crypto sub are from fake accounts - marketing teams, account farms, team members themselves. The level of fraud and scam in crypto now is so high, it's hard to distinguish genuine comments from fake stuff.

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