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It's similiar in the programming world but the language wars don't prevent work from getting work done. I feel like the cryto has a different story. There is
by wolco 7y ago
It's similiar in the programming world but the language wars don't prevent work from getting work done.
I feel like the cryto has a different story. There is a struggle to find utility because the structure of the system has too many holes.
For bitcoin electrical usage is the true currency + specialized gpus. Anyone who has unlimited power + boards can take all. The side effect is wasting resources for no reason.
For other coins each has there own story.
At the core we want people to do something valuable as side effect of obtaining prove. I'm not sure we're close.
- flyingfences 7y ago> Anyone who has unlimited power + boards can take all So, nobody can take all, then. Even putting aside power, nobody has unlimited boards. The supply of GPUs is very tightly limited by real-world factors, as anybody who tried to buy an AMD GPU a few years ago found out.
- mrosett 7y ago> It's similiar in the programming world but the language wars don't prevent work from getting work done. I worked for a crypto startup in ~2017. Our product wrote a decent number of transactions to the Bitcoin blockchain, so when transaction fees went from a dime to $20 it caused a lot of headaches and I ended up dealing with it. When I asked questions online about managing transaction fees, I inadvertently wandered into a holy war and was thoroughly flamed for my trouble. It was the least pleasant experience I've had trying to get help as a dev. How can such a toxic community grow and achieve anything meaningful?
- tom812 7y agoCrypto currency is a cancer community where even the sanest people are convinced they hold some sort of power to see the future.