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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Haha, I'm not complaining about frivolous consumer tech, fast fashion, etc. Those are fine because people want them, and they aren't scamming their customers.
I don't see the equivalent with crypto other than the money transfer / Silk Road / illegal stuff. Those just won't last.
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Translation: you’ve placed your political bets and are writing off the political potential entirely via a casual appeal to “illegal”
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I would prefer we regulate lightly, just so people aren't scammed by fake investment promotions.

