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This feels like the guy who said dropbox was useless because he has the ability to use rsync. Yeah the technology under Metamask is old, yeah it doesn't have t
by swalsh 4y ago
This feels like the guy who said dropbox was useless because he has the ability to use rsync. Yeah the technology under Metamask is old, yeah it doesn't have to be connected to a blockchain (but it's damn convienent that it can). But it does it in a really user friendly way that has not caught on at the same level of mass adoption as Metamask has.
The great part of Metamask, is there's almost nothing proprietary about it. You could rip all the blockchain stuff out of it, and it would still work. If I wanted the blockchain stuff later, as long as it follows the standard.... I still could. Brave has it already integrated!
- tshaddox 4y agoMy argument is not "blockchains are useless because public-key cryptography long predates blockchains." My argument is "the existence of public-key cryptography does not imply that blockchains are useful."
- swalsh 4y agoI did not accuse you of saying "blockchains are useless because public-key cryptography long predates blockchains". I accused you of saying old fashioned PGP was user-friendly. It's not. It never caught on beyond tech users because it's too complicated for non-techies. My point was that Metamask has demonstrated the best UX yet to use public-key cryptography for everyday users.