system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[ELI5] How is crypto in any way stable? What prevents someone from creating a crypto and immediately generating tons of their own coin for themselves?
gpt
You can. Just like you can print Monopoly money. The challenge is getting other people to recognize it as a meaningful currency. And as the market has proven…crypto is not the most stable of currencies; not as bad as some troubled countries, but not as stable as most paper currencies.