[mindslight]

> For all it's faults, crypto has one thing right -- not your keys, not your stuff

Erm, this isn't really an aspect of cryptocurrency, per se. It's more of a general rule that informed the initial thinking around cryptocurrency. In fact, most users of cryptocurrency seem quite content to give up cryptographic custodianship.

If you went back a similar time to the nascent web/cloud/etc, you'd find plenty of similar sentiment about remote software and storage. It's just that individual autonomy loses out over time due to convenience created by the massive investment in the surveillance economy.

[jrm4]

That's a fair point, in that I should have said something like "crypto-fundamentalists." But the idea is the one I wanted to get across, and I have mostly those same feelings about remote software and storage (e.g. I tell students, priority one in your life -- if there's something digital you care about, e.g. photos, get at least one copy of them on something you can hold in your hand)