Shibetoshi Doggomoto
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One of my criticisms of this original post is that with the vegan diet there can be uncertainty over what you may be missing on a vegan diet, but with a lot of animal food there is uncertainty over what you may be getting, and for me there are many concerns about pollutants in oysters. I would prefer a vegan multivitamin.
Fifteen years later, I am glad I read this. Great comment, DanArmak.
> First off, even the most dedicated vegans will tell you that to stay vegan you need to take medicine to not die - B12.
It is not controversial that vegans should take supplements, and vitamin B12 is the most important. However, taking supplements does not make a diet inherently unhealthy.
When people argue that veganism is "unnatural" or "difficult" because it needs supplementation (e.g. B12), they assume the current food environment is neutral. However, the current food environment has been shaped by centuries of cultural, economic, and technological reinforcement of animal agriculture.
If hypothetically we are born into a culture where plant foods are fortified by default with B12 (as salt is with iodine... (read 784 more words →)
There can be issues with a vegan diet not getting complete protein (that is, low on one or more essential amino acids)
The issue of certain plant proteins not containing high levels of certain amino acids is not a problem if one eats a variety of plant proteins.
Regarding your point about bitcoin's diminishing block reward, this is one of the reasons why I think that dogecoin is underrated. Dogecoin's fixed block reward creates stable miner revenue within the protocol, which enhances its security. Many say that bitcoin has a long history, but early bitcoin had large block rewards relative to fees, so dogecoin is perpetually like early bitcoin. Late-stage bitcoin is another experimental crypto that relies on transaction fees to fund miners in an era when energy prices are likely to rise. What I think will most likely happen is that more and more banks and institutions will hold bitcoin and transactions will occur on the banking layer. Over time, institutions will hold most bitcoin and will be able to enforce censorship, sanctions, OFAC-like controls etc. People can still take their bitcoin off ETFs or banks and self-custody and transact, but institutions can launch coordinated spam attacks to discourage this and make it very expensive.