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I don't think it's fair to consider writing an analysis (even a favorable one) about a topic as _shilling_ for it. It's not like he was pushing shitcoins or min

by nkohari 5mo ago

I don't think it's fair to consider writing an analysis (even a favorable one) about a topic as _shilling_ for it. It's not like he was pushing shitcoins or minting NFTs. I have always been (and remain!) bearish on crypto but it absolutely was something that couldn't be ignored a few years ago. Even if you came to the conclusion that it was bunk, there was significant enough fervor that any technologist needed to reckon with their position on it. For example, lots of engineers proclaimed very loudly that document databases would replace the RDBMs, or that GraphQL was the future of APIs. They were wrong, as it turned out, but only with the wisdom of hindsight.

lorecore 5mo ago
He actually was pushing NFTs but has since deleted his tweet: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26434769 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26434769
- benedictevans 5mo ago
  No, I didn’t. I made my account private and stopped using twitter. And the actual tweet says the opposite - that NFTs would need to develop some kind of cultural grounding for them to become a investment, which they didn’t have at the time and never got, and without that this would just be a speculative bubble, which is exactly what happened. I made it very clear that I thought NFTs were a speculative bubble. I never suggested anyone should buy any crypto-related instrument. The idea that I was ‘shilling for crypto’ is something you would only say if you’re an idiot, as the OP and a few others on this thread clearly are.
  - lorecore 5mo ago
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    - benedictevans 5mo ago
      No, I've never said that, and never thought that. The actual text in that tweet is: " The blockchain can't lie, but you can lie to the blockchain" You don't know how to use Search, and this is beyond anything worth engaging with.
      - lorecore 5mo ago
        It's literally right there on the front page. People should go look for themselves.
    - duskdozer 5mo ago
      That quote is actually from "Scott Rackey" and not the OP: https://web.archive.org/web/20220603095222/https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1472189508171018241 https://web.archive.org/web/20220603095222/https://twitter.c...

by nkohari 5mo ago

lorecore 5mo ago

He actually was pushing NFTs but has since deleted his tweet: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26434769 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26434769

benedictevans 5mo ago
No, I didn’t. I made my account private and stopped using twitter. And the actual tweet says the opposite - that NFTs would need to develop some kind of cultural grounding for them to become a investment, which they didn’t have at the time and never got, and without that this would just be a speculative bubble, which is exactly what happened. I made it very clear that I thought NFTs were a speculative bubble. I never suggested anyone should buy any crypto-related instrument. The idea that I was ‘shilling for crypto’ is something you would only say if you’re an idiot, as the OP and a few others on this thread clearly are.
- lorecore 5mo ago
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  - benedictevans 5mo ago
    No, I've never said that, and never thought that. The actual text in that tweet is: " The blockchain can't lie, but you can lie to the blockchain" You don't know how to use Search, and this is beyond anything worth engaging with.
    - lorecore 5mo ago
      It's literally right there on the front page. People should go look for themselves.
  - duskdozer 5mo ago
    That quote is actually from "Scott Rackey" and not the OP: https://web.archive.org/web/20220603095222/https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1472189508171018241 https://web.archive.org/web/20220603095222/https://twitter.c...