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Chris Dixon and Packy McCormick on the Future of Crypto
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A better description is that blockchains are a new class of computer, one you can’t put in your pocket or on your desk, as you might with a smartphone or laptop. Nevertheless, blockchains fit the classic definition of computers. They store information and run rules encoded in software that can manipulate that information.
All technologies have the capacity to help or harm; blockchains are no different. The question is, how can we maximize the good while minimizing the bad?