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Why? It has been 15 years. If it were actually useful, it would have been widely adopted by now. Crypto currencies are the Segway of money.

• thepasswordis 4y ago
  At this point I don't think there is anything I'm going to tell you in a short hacker news comment that will convince you that currency is useful. Sergey Nazarov's interview on Lex Fridman lays out some uses for smart contracts if you are actually interested in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPXTmVdlyoc&t=4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPXTmVdlyoc&t=4s
  • colesantiago 4y ago
    Some recommended reading for you. https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/complete.html https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/complete.html
    • thepasswordis 4y ago
      >a complete rejection of the entirety of all crypto is the only intellectually defensible position. Oh wow I bet this is going to be an excellent, well reasoned explanation based on a deep understanding that the author has of the underlying technology, applications, and motivations: >Except for this time they want to wrestle control of money from the state and distribute it to private enterprises. >we would then have to go to the likes of plutocrats like Jeff Bezos and crypto exchange CEOs to make the final call about foreign policy. This article is absolute nonsense written by somebody who either has absolutely no understanding of this technology or its application, or is just willfully lying about it. Here's the author's twitter: https://twitter.com/smdiehl https://twitter.com/smdiehl