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> Blockchain is very experimental How so? "Cryptographer David Chaum first proposed a blockchain-like protocol in his 1982 dissertation ... The first blockchai

> Blockchain is very experimental How so? "Cryptographer David Chaum first proposed a blockchain-like protocol in his 1982 dissertation ... The first blockchain was conceptualized by ... Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain#History

RIMR 6y ago
Blockchain tech, as far as I can tell, is fully fleshed out. There's really no revolutionary direction I can see it going. It's influential, I'll give it that, but it's about as revolutionary as taking up a gambling habit.
- SubiculumCode 6y ago
  I'm not so sure about that. There is quite a bit of innovation occurring in this space e.g. multichain interoperability, etc. Now if you are speaking only to the underlying mathematics, then perhaps yes, but certainly not the applications, or larger structures that can be built with these legos
- carlosdp 6y ago
  This is a ridiculous statement for anyone even casually following crypto, I'm sorry. There's a plethora of innovations, so many it's hard to track. Just a few popular ones right now: Layer 2 solutions with smart contracts (Optimism, for example), zkRollups, Stateless smart contract-based chains, proof of stake validation, chain sharding, proof of storage, proof of X (many new consensus algos with various uses being developed). The list goes on. If crypto were the internet, we're not even at the NSF-net days imo
seibelj 6y ago
The concept of the internet was formed / fleshed out in the 1960s. I would say it was experimental for a long time afterwards.
lacker 6y ago
AI was first proposed many decades ago, but it's still an experimental technology, because its applications in business are still being developed. I would consider a technology no longer experimental when no startup has raised funds based on an innovation in that area of technology for years. For example, elevator technology is no longer experimental.
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
  Homeopathy dates back to 1796, and is still in that liminal, "being developed" phase. I for one would not actually call it "experimental".

RIMR 6y ago

Blockchain tech, as far as I can tell, is fully fleshed out. There's really no revolutionary direction I can see it going. It's influential, I'll give it that, but it's about as revolutionary as taking up a gambling habit.

SubiculumCode 6y ago
I'm not so sure about that. There is quite a bit of innovation occurring in this space e.g. multichain interoperability, etc. Now if you are speaking only to the underlying mathematics, then perhaps yes, but certainly not the applications, or larger structures that can be built with these legos
carlosdp 6y ago
This is a ridiculous statement for anyone even casually following crypto, I'm sorry. There's a plethora of innovations, so many it's hard to track. Just a few popular ones right now: Layer 2 solutions with smart contracts (Optimism, for example), zkRollups, Stateless smart contract-based chains, proof of stake validation, chain sharding, proof of storage, proof of X (many new consensus algos with various uses being developed). The list goes on. If crypto were the internet, we're not even at the NSF-net days imo

seibelj 6y ago

The concept of the internet was formed / fleshed out in the 1960s. I would say it was experimental for a long time afterwards.

lacker 6y ago

AI was first proposed many decades ago, but it's still an experimental technology, because its applications in business are still being developed. I would consider a technology no longer experimental when no startup has raised funds based on an innovation in that area of technology for years. For example, elevator technology is no longer experimental.

SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
Homeopathy dates back to 1796, and is still in that liminal, "being developed" phase. I for one would not actually call it "experimental".