| > that were wrong about crypto years ago No, they were exactly right. In ten years, cryptocurrencies have produced nothing of value except speculation. This is like saying the Dutch that didn't sell their homes to buy into the tulip bulb craze were wrong. Sure, people have made huge gains, like all ponzi schemes generate. Most are bagholders, though. > even as crypto is clearly changing the world like the internet did in the 90s and mobile in the 00s. Crypto hasn't changed a single thing about the world. There is not a single popular thing backed by crypto. Every example you gave in this thread was either weak, like that DeFi Pulse link, or just straight not even using crypto, like Eco. When you as an expert can't even identify a popular product using crypto at it's core, it doesn't speak very highly. > I have been full-time in crypto for years. I could write you a 10,000-word essay on crypto's promising use cases. But, I believe that you, and many others on HN, don't want to hear it. I am an actual cryptographer and would love to read world salad like that. > That's too bad, because you guys grew up on sci-fi and rigor, and now you're ignoring that crypto is both rigorously successful and cypherpunk sci-fi come to life. Stop. Libertarian dorks that don't understand the history of finance is hardly the sci-fi we want. |