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Comment by cocktailpeanuts

It's easy to just dismiss saying "that's not happening with blockchain", a baby can say that too.

But I have no idea what he's talking about when he says "And with­out ex­cep­tion, I ob­served that they were ini­tial­ly load­ed in the back door by geek­s, with­out ask­ing per­mis­sion, be­cause they got shit done and helped peo­ple with their job­s."

Is he saying Bitcoin is not being developed by geeks?

Is he saying Bitcoin is not "helping people get shit done and helping people with their jobs"?

There are valid criticisms, and there are really baseless rants like this. Just because you're "old" doesn't mean you know the future from your past experience. Tons of talented old people (and younger people too) with tons of experience never realized the potential of the Internet when it first came out.

Oh, and when Internet first came out, it never was meant to "get shit done and help people with their jobs", for a long time. It was a fringe culture. If he's as experienced as he claims to be, he should know better.

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