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FYI: I've put together some classic ICO myths in the "Awesome Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) Truths" page [1] with the subtitle "The Art of the Steal - The Scamme

FYI: I've put together some classic ICO myths in the "Awesome Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) Truths" page [1] with the subtitle "The Art of the Steal - The Scammers' Big Lies". [1]: https://github.com/openblockchains/awesome-ico-truths https://github.com/openblockchains/awesome-ico-truths

nullc 7y ago
Thanks for the link. That's a resource I'll find useful to share in the future.
- DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
  :D I also got so annoyed that I started curating blogs and videos (as myth-busters) to help me bring the point across in discussions. My experience with this is sadly that changing anyone's mind who has already made it up is _really_ hard. Here is my list: Blockchains Are a Bad Idea (James Mickens) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15RTC22Z2xI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15RTC22Z2xI Hacking Blockchain (Konstantinos Karagiannis, Chief Technology Officer, Security Consulting, BT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gL6DsR6vGg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gL6DsR6vGg Myth Busting: Can a blockchain save healthcare? https://blog.andreacoravos.com/myth-busting-can-a-blockchain-save-healthcare-d398cdebf0c1 https://blog.andreacoravos.com/myth-busting-can-a-blockchain... Blockchain Graveyard https://magoo.github.io/Blockchain-Graveyard/ https://magoo.github.io/Blockchain-Graveyard/ Response to Blockchain & Blockcerts Critiques from Privacy Researcher https://community.blockcerts.org/t/response-to-blockchain-blockcerts-critiques-from-privacy-researcher/308 https://community.blockcerts.org/t/response-to-blockchain-bl... Blockcerts: Using blokchain for identity management is (mostly) ridiculous https://blog.xot.nl/2017/09/06/blockcerts-using-blokchain-for-identity-management-is-mostly-ridiculous/ https://blog.xot.nl/2017/09/06/blockcerts-using-blokchain-fo... Blockchains from a Distributed Computing Perspective https://cs.brown.edu/courses/csci2952-a/papers/perspective.pdf https://cs.brown.edu/courses/csci2952-a/papers/perspective.p... Do you need a Blockchain? https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/375.pdf https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/375.pdf IOTA Tweets from cybergibbons: https://twitter.com/search?q=iota%20cybergibbons https://twitter.com/search?q=iota%20cybergibbons

nullc 7y ago

Thanks for the link. That's a resource I'll find useful to share in the future.

DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
:D I also got so annoyed that I started curating blogs and videos (as myth-busters) to help me bring the point across in discussions. My experience with this is sadly that changing anyone's mind who has already made it up is _really_ hard. Here is my list: Blockchains Are a Bad Idea (James Mickens) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15RTC22Z2xI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15RTC22Z2xI Hacking Blockchain (Konstantinos Karagiannis, Chief Technology Officer, Security Consulting, BT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gL6DsR6vGg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gL6DsR6vGg Myth Busting: Can a blockchain save healthcare? https://blog.andreacoravos.com/myth-busting-can-a-blockchain-save-healthcare-d398cdebf0c1 https://blog.andreacoravos.com/myth-busting-can-a-blockchain... Blockchain Graveyard https://magoo.github.io/Blockchain-Graveyard/ https://magoo.github.io/Blockchain-Graveyard/ Response to Blockchain & Blockcerts Critiques from Privacy Researcher https://community.blockcerts.org/t/response-to-blockchain-blockcerts-critiques-from-privacy-researcher/308 https://community.blockcerts.org/t/response-to-blockchain-bl... Blockcerts: Using blokchain for identity management is (mostly) ridiculous https://blog.xot.nl/2017/09/06/blockcerts-using-blokchain-for-identity-management-is-mostly-ridiculous/ https://blog.xot.nl/2017/09/06/blockcerts-using-blokchain-fo... Blockchains from a Distributed Computing Perspective https://cs.brown.edu/courses/csci2952-a/papers/perspective.pdf https://cs.brown.edu/courses/csci2952-a/papers/perspective.p... Do you need a Blockchain? https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/375.pdf https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/375.pdf IOTA Tweets from cybergibbons: https://twitter.com/search?q=iota%20cybergibbons https://twitter.com/search?q=iota%20cybergibbons