Real world problems that web3 could solve--at least for me
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, including the hatersI didn’t realize just how much some people despise the very idea of the blockchain and web3. Luckily, twitter is a great tool for finding exactly the people who hate your ideas the most. There are a bunch of arguments against web3, most of which--I think--are rooted in a circa 2010 understanding of the tech or are focused, solely, on a handful of extreme use cases. It’s just a pyramid scheme, or a money laundering tool, or a general scam! (T...
Real world problems that web3 could solve--at least for me
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, including the hatersI didn’t realize just how much some people despise the very idea of the blockchain and web3. Luckily, twitter is a great tool for finding exactly the people who hate your ideas the most. There are a bunch of arguments against web3, most of which--I think--are rooted in a circa 2010 understanding of the tech or are focused, solely, on a handful of extreme use cases. It’s just a pyramid scheme, or a money laundering tool, or a general scam! (T...
From contemptuous to indifferent to curious to pretty damn excited: my journey to web3
“Never buy Bitcoin”My public introduction to crypto: going on the Colbert Report and saying nobody should buy BitcoinThe easiest thing is to mock me. I went on The Colbert Report on April 17, 2013, and said--quite confidently and emphatically--that nobody should ever buy Bitcoin. You can watch me say it here.Me on the Colbert Report, April 17, 2013At the moment I went on, one Bitcoin was worth about $60. So, if instead of telling the world NOT to invest in Bitcoin I had bought $1,000 worth of...
From contemptuous to indifferent to curious to pretty damn excited: my journey to web3
“Never buy Bitcoin”My public introduction to crypto: going on the Colbert Report and saying nobody should buy BitcoinThe easiest thing is to mock me. I went on The Colbert Report on April 17, 2013, and said--quite confidently and emphatically--that nobody should ever buy Bitcoin. You can watch me say it here.Me on the Colbert Report, April 17, 2013At the moment I went on, one Bitcoin was worth about $60. So, if instead of telling the world NOT to invest in Bitcoin I had bought $1,000 worth of...
