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I care about these things and i've been in crypto since before gavin coined web3. In fact most of the devs I know that started pre-2017 deeply care about these
by ricochet11 4y ago
I care about these things and i've been in crypto since before gavin coined web3.
In fact most of the devs I know that started pre-2017 deeply care about these things. Many were around in the OWS groups back in the day, they transformed via bitcoin and now mostly work on eth projects. The cool thing is most of those people who were in it for political reason (rather than the newer investors looking to make quick money, and new devs looking for decent paid job) have made enough money to spend the rest of their lives working on this stuff regardless of it making them any richer.
I think we can outwork and outlast the cynics and keep building the things we think are cool. they hype will come and go, the fraudsters will sweep in during mania and con people regardless of our warnings, the authoritarians will try get the state to make it illegal, the google employees will keep complaining that its not innovative. we'll keep on working towards what we think is right.
- hansword 4y agoI care about these things and left crypto over a decade ago.
- landemva 4y agoBy that timeline, you were in during 2009 - 2011. Bitcoin was developing. Bitcoin blockchain then was not privacy enhancing. What were you involved in? And you missed a giant price run.
- arcticbull 4y ago> And you missed a giant price run. Thank you Captain Hindsight.
- hansword 4y agoWut? The prices have risen since? surprisepikachu.png
- arcticbull 4y ago> I think we can outwork and outlast the cynics and keep building the things we think are cool. It's been 13 years and 0 use cases better solved by crypto than any classical system. But by all means, I'm sure OP will deliver - let's just wait.