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First, regarding unhealthy obsession I was referring to this Stephen Diehl character. Everyone's free to dislike or hate crypto, but most ordinary people would
by fleddr 4y ago
First, regarding unhealthy obsession I was referring to this Stephen Diehl character. Everyone's free to dislike or hate crypto, but most ordinary people would express that opinion and carry on. That's quite different from making it your life mission and devote all your energy to it. I find that obsessive and suspicious. Like a crusade.
As for this community, I too find it disappointing how it engages with the crypto topic. I understand that crypto gives plenty of reasons for skepticism. I personally share the opinion that > 90% of it is garbage without utility.
And yet still I think there's room to intellectually engage with the good parts. Even parts that are good "in theory" at this point. Even more so when it's so common to bash "web2" tech monopolies.
I do get it though. Crypto is huge, complex and fast-moving. To get a deep and nuanced understanding of it means investing a huge amount of time without a tangible reward. Hence, people resort to simplistic binary conclusions. It's terrible or the future, there's no middle ground.
It's even worse when a topic gets politicized and becomes part of the culture war. A lot of brands are looking to experiment with crypto but are walking on egg shells or have to retract plans as to not offend the Twitter mob.
Is Elon Musk a Disney-style billionaire villain or our savior? It can be only one of those two options, such is the way of the world right now.
- guerrilla 4y agoThis idea of obsession is funny. Like you keep asking if I want to play your carnival game and every time I say "no" and you can't get me to say "yes" so your solution is to follow me around asking "why are you so obsessed with me?"
- fleddr 4y agoWhat does this even mean? Who follows you around?
- shkkmo 4y ago> I personally share the opinion that > 90% of it is garbage without utility. > And yet still I think there's room to intellectually engage with the good parts. Then please provide some examples. Over and over here on HN we ask what is Cryptocurrency good for besides speculation and breaking the law that wouldn't be better solved by using a DB instead of a block chain? Oddly enough nobody seems able to answer that question. If 10% of projects are the "good parts" it shouldn't be that hard to find a few examples.
- fleddr 4y agoI'm not here to do your homework. What stops you from looking into this yourself? Look at the top 50 tokens, read their whitepapers, connect with the communities, try a few apps and make up your own mind. You may very will still come to the conclusion that it's worthless, but at least you'd then have an informed opinion. It's actually a fun thing to do, this exploration. Even if you dislike it. It's intellectually stimulating.
- shkkmo 4y ago> I'm not here to do your homework. That's funny, I thought you were here trying to argue that cryptocurrency has a legitimate purpose. I guess being asked for a single example to back that up is too much. Instead you just imply that because I disagree with you that I am uninformed. Good luck with that, you won't convince anyone.
- fleddr 4y agoFunny, your thinking is wrong. I'm not here to promote crypto. Which you would have known if you had bothered to comprehend my comments.
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