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VitalikButerin live tweet comments on the “Bitcoin, Controversy over Principle”

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Re: VitalikButerin live tweet comments on the “Bitcoin, Controversy over Principle”

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Post by hashnym »

What motivated him to do that? Came across as immature, glib and nitpicky. Neither btc nor eth are close to being ready for mass use.

Looking at this makes me wonder if he has made his money and is just cruising.

Would add that Debt is not the authoritative source on money. Some good points but equal parts flabby.

He's also flat wrong about shenzhen vs hk. HK developed as a colony with decidedly British regulations around trade. China is a financial wild west, comparable with 19th century America. Shenzhen is in fact a far more economically "free"zone.

Re: VitalikButerin live tweet comments on the “Bitcoin, Controversy over Principle”

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Post by thisisit »

pdog wrote: post #3

I'm not sure why Vitalik Buterin considers David Graeber's Debt: The First 5000 Years to be a definitive source on the origins of money.

I was just about to say the same thing. He postulates everything in the book to be true. With all due respect to Graeber, there are some serious issues with the book. Especially given the liberal bias.

Re: VitalikButerin live tweet comments on the “Bitcoin, Controversy over Principle”

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Post by kornish »

cvaidya1986 wrote: post #5
pdog wrote: post #3

I'm not sure why Vitalik Buterin considers David Graeber's Debt: The First 5000 Years to be a definitive source on the origins of money.

Founders tend to be highly opinionated about the future.

And apparently the past?

Re: VitalikButerin live tweet comments on the “Bitcoin, Controversy over Principle”

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Post by 52-6F-62 »

hashnym wrote: post #4

What motivated him to do that? Came across as immature, glib and nitpicky. Neither btc nor eth are close to being ready for mass use. Looking at this makes me wonder if he has made his money and is just cruising. Would add that Debt is not the authoritative source on money. Some good points but equal parts flabby. He's also flat wrong about shenzhen vs hk. HK developed as a colony with decidedly British regulations a…

> Looking at this makes me wonder if he has made his money and is just cruising.

There's a lot of possible criticism to level at the space already, but I don't think this bit is valid.

Besides, that guy had made his money long before all of this. He could have been sipping tropical drinks on some tropical beach not hanging out in Canada and China during the winters.

I only loosely follow his activity, but he seems to keep busy, and be sincerely interested in what he's doing.

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