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> The one interesting thing about all the rehashed boring arguments is that, despite being 13 years old, it's still so, so new that even smart, technically mind

by edanm 4y ago

> The one interesting thing about all the rehashed boring arguments is that, despite being 13 years old, it's still so, so new that even smart, technically minded people like the HN readership will still bag it for not being whatever they heard it was attempting to be when it started. That's not really what people are "bagging" it for. Or at least, not why I'm "against" crypto. > But no, it's worthless, it shouldn't exist, it's not worth any further time or effort or research, fuck it off my fucking planet. I think the technology is super interesting as a technology (I'm talking of blockchains here). I think there is currently one solid, known use case for that technology - cryptocurrencies. I'm not sure how "beneficial" they are overall, but I'm not so sure how beneficial Facebook is either. They are for sure providing some value to some people. My big problem is that for the last 8 years, I've been hearing about how the Blockchain technology will solve other problems, revolutionize other fields. And as of now, that just isn't the case. There are no other problems that blockchain solves that can't be solved better with other technologies. I'm not saying that no further time or effort to research this should be done, not at all. I'm just saying that people claiming there currently are use cases for it are wrong, and pushing back against them.

BLKNSLVR 4y ago
Decentralisation is the thing. But most people don't care about that, or even really understand what it means. If people don't even care about the privacy of their personal data, they're already two layers away from caring about decentralisation.
splix 4y ago
I remember what people in 90s were talking about the future of internet. All the crazy ideas and how it will solve everything in a crazy way. But yet we are here, using internet in a completely different way (I mean, nobody were talking about Tiktok back then, right?). But even more people were saying that internet have no use case and no future. That's normal for every disrupting technology, it doesn't just directly applies to the existing things, but brings something new instead.
- Yizahi 4y ago
  You are incorrect twice. First internet usage really didn't change much from the 90s, the fact that we have wider pipes, didn't change content types at all. Second - NOBODY was saying that internet has no use case or no future in the 90s. Tokenbros are just retconning the history saying such bullshit.

by edanm 4y ago

BLKNSLVR 4y ago

Decentralisation is the thing. But most people don't care about that, or even really understand what it means. If people don't even care about the privacy of their personal data, they're already two layers away from caring about decentralisation.

splix 4y ago

I remember what people in 90s were talking about the future of internet. All the crazy ideas and how it will solve everything in a crazy way. But yet we are here, using internet in a completely different way (I mean, nobody were talking about Tiktok back then, right?). But even more people were saying that internet have no use case and no future. That's normal for every disrupting technology, it doesn't just directly applies to the existing things, but brings something new instead.

Yizahi 4y ago
You are incorrect twice. First internet usage really didn't change much from the 90s, the fact that we have wider pipes, didn't change content types at all. Second - NOBODY was saying that internet has no use case or no future in the 90s. Tokenbros are just retconning the history saying such bullshit.