[te_chris]

Lol, appreciate the patronising explanation, as if I'm some sort of idiot just waiting to find the road to Damascus.

I understand the technology perfectly well. I read the Cryptoassets book to try and undsetand exactly that: the value of them as 'assets'. I came away exceedingly underwhelmed.

[cocktailpeanuts]

If LOL'ing and making snarky comments about how you understand but it's still underwhelming makes you feel better, good for you.

But I have never seen a single person who truly "understand the technology perfectly well" say it's underwhelming.

Most of those who actually dug deep enough to "truly understand" do see the limitations, but because by that point they understand the potential, they see the limitations as problems to solve and opportunities to take.

It is those who only scraped the surface that say it's "uninteresting", "underwhelming", etc.

Ancient people thought they "understood the world perfectly well" and thought it was flat. Suit yourself.

[tim333]

>never seen a single person who truly "understand the technology perfectly well" say it's underwhelming

I'd say I've noticed an inverse correlation - people who don't understand the technology see it as this amazing thing, the kind of people who know their hash functions are a bit skeptical.

[prepend]

“But I have never seen a single person who truly "understand the technology perfectly well" say it's underwhelming.”

This is tautological, so i hope you’re aware of how logically useless it is. Either you haven’t seen much, or you define away any disagreers as people who don’t understand.

[consz]

In what way is your comment different from 'No True Scotsman'?

[te_chris]

It isn’t. Apparently I’m just not devout enough for crypto....