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by AVTizzle 3269 days ago
Lots of hype, for sure, but this criticism is too hard for what is still a still nascent frontier technology.

The innovations you listed in "last century"- PC, internet, etc - both went through their fringe, hobbyists-and-nerds-only phases, during which their future value to society was totally unclear and uncertain.

Only in hindsight are these technologies impacts obvious.

While I couldn't agree more about the fact that there's ridiculous hype and (most annoyingly) greedy speculation in crypto, I for one am hugely excited and optimistic about the potential society-changing implications of the this tech.