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Why can no crypto person ever give a straight answer to the use case question? Doesn't seem that hard for anything else, which seems to imply it's a naive cult. I've not been surprised by anything thus far with crypto. Any link to a good explanation?
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Because it’s an unproductive question at this stage. Easier to just let history be the judge of whether or not it’s significant. Check back in a decade.
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What do you think a good question at this stage is? Any interesting answers? I'm not trying to be snarky. I've talked with a lot of major/OG crypto people, and they've never had good answers for me either, which is why I'm so skeptical.
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You’re the very practical kind of entrepreneur :) I like things with no use case the best. So long as it thrives sustainably and creates interestingness I’m fine. I don’t care about legible utility or solving problems. There’s still no real use case for twitter.
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lol I know what zk proofs are. I just don't think they don't actually solve the thing they claim to solve. In my world "technically correct" is not the best kind of correct haha.
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You’re still thinking like a problem solver. I didn’t mention a particular problem. Just an open-ended technique. Let me flip it around. Why do you care at all? If you think there’s nothing there but speculation you can safely ignore it. Why don’t you?
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I think it's a combo of things: 1.) I'm offended at dumb bullshit that distracts talent/investors in the tech industry. 2.) It's almost an evil twin. I actually love computational finance, complex instruments, etc., so I hate that the closest thing seems to be run as a scam.
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There we have it. “Distracts talent/investors” is the same ”real problems” debate we’ve been having for a decade. You have a strong absolute sense of civilizational priorities and morality. You want collective resource allocation.
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You want people to deploy attention differently you really only have 3 options: 1. Coercion (ban it like China) 2. Regulation (tax crypto more or criminalize it) 3. Throw a better party around your party “Distraction” sermons are just the “real problems” religion