joshuaunitus

Found it, thanks!

I was able to see all pages except for "3. Look at yourself objectively"

Well it is still very young and business innovation moves slow and cautious. Also regulators have not fully decided on a few issues that are very important regarding digital assets. I believe there is a lot going on behind the scenes of a lot of major companies right now though. Mostly in terms of hiring and r&d. Even Facebook is hiring blockchain engineers. I think this will all develop in time.

I guess they could be the pickaxe salesman depending on how you frame it, but that's just who they are. I guess I'm bringing in actual PoW mining which the analogy has nothing to do with.

I don't think they are speculating though, they are simply doing what they do and have always done. Provide a means of exchange from national currency to digital assets. It is up to the people who build around these protocols to create more ways of utilizing these digital assets through services.

It's hard to say what's going on in this market but I don't think it's a bust. A lot of money went in really fast and then huge sell offs from Mt Gox recovered bitcoins. Bitcoin is still somewhat interconnected in price with most altcoins because of pairings, and any major selloffs seem to drag the whole market down. I think it will mature in time and more people will actually utilize cryptocurrency and not just buy it for speculative reasons. Value will be established over the next few years as practical use grows.

I believe it is important to look into other consensus algorithms that are not as energy heavy, but I don't think mining should be considered a crime. Also, it is important to remember that the detrimental cost of energy waste is dictated by how we are getting that energy. If the source of energy is clean, efficient and abundant then there is less need to ration our energy use.

Still disagree, the pickaxe would be a tool to harvest the good. Coinbase sells the good directly and provides a exchange to trade with others.

I don't see it exactly like this. I see where you're coming from, but some of us who buy cryptocurrency believe in the technology and back only projects that we believe will have a future. It is still speculative on an investment level, but I also use this technology and hope to build on these protocols in the future. The space has a lot of growing up to do and I hate the "wen lambo" mentality because that is not what this is about for me and I believe it deviates attention away from technology which is what is actually important here. Not every blockchain project will succeed, many will fail

Your analogy is flawed though, Coinbase wouldn't be selling pickaxes they are simply providing a means of digital asset exchange as well as selling the digital assets directly. Mining hardware would be the pickaxe.

Just downloaded and tried out a lesson. Pretty cool app, short lessons that I can do on my downtime. Thanks for the suggestion.

Lol, fun idea and cute corgi :)