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Isn't Stephen Diehl a grifter who sells private blockchain tech and hates on everyone who could threaten his business? I wouldn't call such a source an awesome

by k__ 5y ago

Isn't Stephen Diehl a grifter who sells private blockchain tech and hates on everyone who could threaten his business? I wouldn't call such a source an awesome critique.

jeroenvlek 5y ago
Interesting, I thought some of his articles were well put together. Do you have a source for that gossip? Would love get both sides of the story.
- k__ 5y ago
  https://medium.com/humanizing-the-singularity/adjoint-distributed-ledger-technology-and-smart-contracts-for-real-world-finance-72a5cd83e063 https://medium.com/humanizing-the-singularity/adjoint-distri...
  - b0sk 5y ago
    article from 2018?
    - hunterb123 5y ago
      what's your statute of limitations for sources?
user-the-name 5y ago
No.
jkarni 5y ago
I've seen this claim snowball over time as blockchain people desperately try to ad hominemate him. I do think he did once (quite a few years ago) consult for a blockchain company. That's about the only factual basis I've discerned for it. (Disclaimer/source: I met Stephen once or twice a while back, via the Haskell community.)
b0sk 5y ago
His thesis is pretty much that crypto is just layer and layer of scams. So what benefit is he going to get by poisoning the word "blockchain"?
- k__ 5y ago
  If public blockchains are considered harmful, people might buy tech for private ones.
  - freen 5y ago
    Why on earth would you want a private blockchain? Just use Cassandra and be done with it.
    - k__ 5y ago
      Don't know, lol
      - freen 5y ago
        Maybe they don’t trust themselves?
        DonHopkins 5y ago
        Maybe crypto companies don't trust their employees, because there's a strong correlation between employees who have no qualms about working for a company that perpetrates scammy cryptocurrency get-rick-quick pyramid schemes, and employees who have no qualms about stealing from their employer either.
multiplegeorges 5y ago
Isn't this the definition of an ad hominem? Do his arguments have merit or not?

by k__ 5y ago

Isn't Stephen Diehl a grifter who sells private blockchain tech and hates on everyone who could threaten his business? I wouldn't call such a source an awesome critique.

jeroenvlek 5y ago

Interesting, I thought some of his articles were well put together. Do you have a source for that gossip? Would love get both sides of the story.

k__ 5y ago
https://medium.com/humanizing-the-singularity/adjoint-distributed-ledger-technology-and-smart-contracts-for-real-world-finance-72a5cd83e063 https://medium.com/humanizing-the-singularity/adjoint-distri...
- b0sk 5y ago
  article from 2018?
  - hunterb123 5y ago
    what's your statute of limitations for sources?

user-the-name 5y ago

No.

jkarni 5y ago

I've seen this claim snowball over time as blockchain people desperately try to ad hominemate him. I do think he did once (quite a few years ago) consult for a blockchain company. That's about the only factual basis I've discerned for it. (Disclaimer/source: I met Stephen once or twice a while back, via the Haskell community.)

b0sk 5y ago

His thesis is pretty much that crypto is just layer and layer of scams. So what benefit is he going to get by poisoning the word "blockchain"?

k__ 5y ago
If public blockchains are considered harmful, people might buy tech for private ones.
- freen 5y ago
  Why on earth would you want a private blockchain? Just use Cassandra and be done with it.
  - k__ 5y ago
    Don't know, lol
    - freen 5y ago
      Maybe they don’t trust themselves?
      - DonHopkins 5y ago
        Maybe crypto companies don't trust their employees, because there's a strong correlation between employees who have no qualms about working for a company that perpetrates scammy cryptocurrency get-rick-quick pyramid schemes, and employees who have no qualms about stealing from their employer either.

multiplegeorges 5y ago

Isn't this the definition of an ad hominem? Do his arguments have merit or not?