An apt summary of most if not all of non-PoW protocols: "we solve distributed consensus on X by assuming we have solved distributed consensus on Y." In the process you'd get fancy terms like "randomness beacon" that sounds sophisticated, but in reality just obfuscates the issue.https://twitter.com/random_walker/status/1043613473974964224 …
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You'd then get these diabolical white papers that go on for pages, filled with formulas no less, to prove the robustness of these protocols. All starting off of a circular reasoning fallacy. But math, right?
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It's surely intimidating if you're new to crypto. All these smart-sounding people writing all these smart-sounding words. Their papers so thick, their formulas so fancy. They can't be all wrong, right? Some of this is due to pure incompetence, but some are outright scammy.
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The crypto scene of today must have been very similar to the early days of science, when people still believed in Perpetual Motion and the idea of getting something out of nothing.
One day we will look back and laugh at all this insanity. 
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