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Also, do cryptobros really believe they invented consensus algorithms as a concept?

• rsynnott 4y ago
  Some of them seem to believe they invented _cryptography_, so, well, probably. I've seen crypto people genuinely convinced that it is impossible to sign something without the Almighty Blockchain providing its blessing.
• lazzlazzlazz 4y ago
  Academics have a lot of positive things to say about crypto research.[1],[2],[3] [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsSV7ni2ZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsSV7ni2ZM [2]: https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/21/a16z-debuts-new-crypto-research-team-led-by-columbia-stanford-researchers/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/21/a16z-debuts-new-crypto-res... [3]: https://cs251.stanford.edu https://cs251.stanford.edu
  • astrange 4y ago
    Academics are generally extremely happy to get paid.
    • pjc50 4y ago
      The one thing academics are known for is not getting paid very well at all. Especially in computing fields.