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I am certainly making an allowance for "future impact" in my assessment, which is certainly an exercise fraught with error, and one that involves subjectivity.
by drcode 8y ago
I am certainly making an allowance for "future impact" in my assessment, which is certainly an exercise fraught with error, and one that involves subjectivity.
- root_axis 8y agoI can respect that. I am a cryptocurrency skeptic but I am just as ignorant of what the future may hold as you are.
- drcode 8y agoI think there's lots of room for skepticism, certainly the lack of a "killer app" so far for this type of technology (at least one that doesn't involve illegal activities) is pretty glaring. That said, I find it highly unlikely that the engineering behind ethereum won't have lasting impact, even in unlikely case that cryptocurrencies themselves end up being a bust. There is lots of deep thinking about cryptography and networking and game theory here that I think will have lasting impact.