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Unsupported conspiracy theories, classic cryptophobia.
Let me know when I can buy groceries with your fake money, in person, and have the transaction completed immediately. Cryptocurrencies are just three ponzi schemes in a trench coat.
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Crypto is about trusting the validity of code over the integrity of people. There is a bit more to it than that, in trusting that micro-economic incentives and the design of the protocol will guard the protocol against capture, but that's the gist of it. Ultimately, open source code has a higher safety potential than the integrity of individuals, so I believe static services will trend toward becoming Ethereum protoc…
I agree, but those cases are VERY LIMITED. They would have to be something where the slowness and clunkiness of a blockchain is worth it. Anything private and small? Blockchains are stupid there.
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I agree, but those cases are VERY LIMITED. They would have to be something where the slowness and clunkiness of a blockchain is worth it. Anything private and small? Blockchains are stupid there.
The integrity of finance is worth slowness and clunkiness.
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The integrity of finance is worth slowness and clunkiness.
On that, I agree. I think DeFi (even more than day-to-day currency) is the true "killer-use" of crypto. But I think what I'm seeing with e.g. DAOs and on-chain governance is that "governance" here (unlike real life) really does need to be very libertarian. Set it and forget it to the extent you can, otherwise you invite humans and and their pesky incentives to screw around with things.
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On that, I agree. I think DeFi (even more than day-to-day currency) is the true "killer-use" of crypto. But I think what I'm seeing with e.g. DAOs and on-chain governance is that "governance" here (unlike real life) really does need to be very libertarian. Set it and forget it to the extent you can, otherwise you invite humans and and their pesky incentives to screw around with things.
Agreed. While DAOs may offer benefits over traditional corporations in some applications, the real value proposition in public blockchains is provided by immutable smart contracts which eliminate the vulnerabilities introduced by governance.
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Agreed. While DAOs may offer benefits over traditional corporations in some applications, the real value proposition in public blockchains is provided by immutable smart contracts which eliminate the vulnerabilities introduced by governance.
Yes. But also, as a lawyer, I hate the phrase "smart contract" with the fire of a thousand suns. They are very useful and have important applications -- but they are not smart, nor are they contracts. "Automated blockchain bots" or something is far closer to the truth.