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> Dorsey is presumably being platformed in Janson because his blockchain bullshit company is a main sponsor of FOSDEM this year. This part just isn’t true. Doe
by SpicyLemonZest 2y ago
> Dorsey is presumably being platformed in Janson because his blockchain bullshit company is a main sponsor of FOSDEM this year.
This part just isn’t true. Does the author think that Block is a blockchain company?
- whamlastxmas 2y agoIt definitely is in terms of product offerings, though it’s not their main money maker
- SpicyLemonZest 2y agoI guess, but it feels more than a little like calling Amazon a video streaming company. I don’t think someone who understood that Block is Square would identify it this way.
- michaelt 2y agoIn 2022 at the peak of cryptocurrency mania, when the market for bored ape NFTs was worth a billion dollars, Dorsey decided to pivot away from the point-of-sales business, develop a bitcoin hardware wallet, develop a bitcoin mining chip, and rename the company from Square to Block. Completely understandable decision at the time. Who wouldn't want a piece of that action? But we can't retcon the pivot out of existence just because the blockchain hype has cooled off.