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> There are more interesting and world benefiting things to work on. Like providing people across the world with access to a financial system thet can't be den

> There are more interesting and world benefiting things to work on. Like providing people across the world with access to a financial system thet can't be denied from? > Less about hate, more about opportunity cost. As in you want to know the opportunity cost of not being involved in blockchain/crypto? > Does it seem off when that is the main selling point for working in a field? It's only the main selling point for those that aren't tech savvy enough to understand the rest, and I think that's fine. It being a new and growing sector that's quickly appreciating and making people money doesn't take away from what's creating that value and all the innovation happening. With the birth of the internet people were excited about all the information they were able to access. With the birth of programmable money it makes sense that the same theme would follow with money.

verdverm 5y ago
Like developing AI for hospitals that is saving lives. Like working on an interesting language like Cuelang. The selling point is made by every tech recruiter I have spoken with who is trying to get me to work for them. Blockchain is incremental tech, not world changing. The same power structures remain and shall. You Gail to understand that social structures are more important than tech
- hanniabu 5y ago
  Blockchain enables new social structures to be formed via DAOs.
  - verdverm 5y ago
    No, they won't, our existing patterns will be mapped onto them. These structures exist already and the variations DAOs espouse are less information and resource efficient. The tech will not change this, there are no new structures. Also, you can have a DAO without a blockchain. But when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
scient 5y ago
> Like providing people across the world with access to a financial system thet can't be denied from? And what a lot of people seem to realize is that there are reasons for this, the controls exist for a reason. Allowing everyone access is not necessarily a good thing across the board. That realization will at some point be forced though, which leads into regulation in some form, which will takes us full circle again...
- betwixthewires 5y ago
  > Allowing everyone access is not necessarily a good thing across the board. Why not? Spare us the hard realization and explain to us why it is a good idea to deny access to complex financial arrangements to people. And let's not get moralistic about it. I didn't ask "why should Mitumba in Nairobi be denied access to lending?" because I don't want to be moralistic, so I expect a response aside from "do you want to enable Osama Bin Laden to launder money?" We all know the obvious examples to support both arguments, so let's stick to more run of the mill, less extreme examples. Why should the average Joe be artificially restricted from access to financial services of his choosing?

verdverm 5y ago

Like developing AI for hospitals that is saving lives. Like working on an interesting language like Cuelang. The selling point is made by every tech recruiter I have spoken with who is trying to get me to work for them. Blockchain is incremental tech, not world changing. The same power structures remain and shall. You Gail to understand that social structures are more important than tech

hanniabu 5y ago
Blockchain enables new social structures to be formed via DAOs.
- verdverm 5y ago
  No, they won't, our existing patterns will be mapped onto them. These structures exist already and the variations DAOs espouse are less information and resource efficient. The tech will not change this, there are no new structures. Also, you can have a DAO without a blockchain. But when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

scient 5y ago

> Like providing people across the world with access to a financial system thet can't be denied from? And what a lot of people seem to realize is that there are reasons for this, the controls exist for a reason. Allowing everyone access is not necessarily a good thing across the board. That realization will at some point be forced though, which leads into regulation in some form, which will takes us full circle again...

betwixthewires 5y ago
> Allowing everyone access is not necessarily a good thing across the board. Why not? Spare us the hard realization and explain to us why it is a good idea to deny access to complex financial arrangements to people. And let's not get moralistic about it. I didn't ask "why should Mitumba in Nairobi be denied access to lending?" because I don't want to be moralistic, so I expect a response aside from "do you want to enable Osama Bin Laden to launder money?" We all know the obvious examples to support both arguments, so let's stick to more run of the mill, less extreme examples. Why should the average Joe be artificially restricted from access to financial services of his choosing?