What I'm frustrated by in crypto

I think a lot of crypto space, maybe because of its roots in cypherpunk culture, tries to reinvent the wheel on things that regular financial, governmental structures have A/B tested for a very long time and produced battle-tested solutions for. And some of these innovations do make sense in a new environment. But many of the changes are trying to ... See more

When I go to crypto conferences, I like asking people I meet “in the present state of crypto or blockchains, what applications do you think are solving real-world problems? Problems that if you abstracted the crypto part away (because people are not going to use a crypto product just because it’s “decentralized”, they want convenience and won’t set... See more