Bitcoin was introduced 13 years ago — an eternity in tech time. It has attracted a fanatical evangelical base, despite constant sniping from skeptics wondering what problem, exactly, it solves. The skeptics are constantly told that they're just dinosaurs who don't get it 2/
Just you wait. We are early bro. those who join in now will moon 🚀 Wejo to the moon too 🚀
Nearly every computer scientist I've talked to who isn't personally invested in crypto thinks that blockchain is flawed tech that can't possibly do what its promoters claim for it. https://t.co/fk6bKIhg6C
#Bitcoin, #crypto, & #blockchain related stocks are getting decimated. Many of these companies will go bankrupt as the entire industry is exposed as malinvestment. Mass layoffs will result in mass selling of crypto as unemployed workers raise cash to pay soaring household bills.
He’s not incorrect. BTC has evolved slowly, especially in comparison to other cryptos, and has failed to materialize a proof of concept use-case that replaces anything in traditional banking and finance. Decentralization and trust simply aren’t a part of the modern financial world. However, I am not sure Krugman is the best person to listen on emerging technology. Krugman in 1998, “The growth of the Internet will slow drastically, as the flaw in ‘Metcalfe’s law' becomes apparent: most people have nothing to say to each other! By 2005, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s”
This is like saying "most people with a medicine background think COVID 19 vaccinations are a scam." I'd like to see a survey and not trust twitter personalities.
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