Thanks for being here, I have lots of questions! Here are a few to start:
To put it bluntly: how do you differentiate crypto currencies from ponzi schemes?
Some crypto-academics are pretty vocal that crypto doesn't (and wont) solve any of the problems it was created to solve. (e.g. Nicholas Weaver in this interview) Do you find this to be a common theme among academics?
Lots of academics (e.g. research from MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab or this pop-sci article) argue that crypto isn't "green" and likely won't be for the foreseeable future. Do the "boots-on-the-ground" advocates of crypto try to deal with this?
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Thanks for being here, I have lots of questions! Here are a few to start:
To put it bluntly: how do you differentiate crypto currencies from ponzi schemes?
Some crypto-academics are pretty vocal that crypto doesn't (and wont) solve any of the problems it was created to solve. (e.g. Nicholas Weaver in this interview) Do you find this to be a common theme among academics?
Lots of academics (e.g. research from MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab or this pop-sci article) argue that crypto isn't "green" and likely won't be for the foreseeable future. Do the "boots-on-the-ground" advocates of crypto try to deal with this?