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0 pointsstcredzero8y ago0 comments

It's also surrounded by a ton of cargo cultism, poorly considered engineering, people who don't understand the math but claim to be gurus, and strange parasitic political views.

So it's just your typical programming sub-field? (Alan Kay would say: "Field.")

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KirinDave8y ago

Pessimistically yes, but in my opinion its problems are magnified.

In part because bitcoin is a technology that so many people ascribe political superpowers to. This brings in a lot of people that normally don't push deeply into a high-complexity tech field.

stcredzeroOP8y ago

Some would say that the "wisdom of the crowd" and startups are things that so many people ascribed special superpowers to, it brought in a lot of people that normally wouldn't push deeply into a high-complexity tech field.

KirinDave8y ago

That's cool, but how is it relevant?

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KirinDave8y ago

Pessimistically yes, but in my opinion its problems are magnified.

In part because bitcoin is a technology that so many people ascribe political superpowers to. This brings in a lot of people that normally don't push deeply into a high-complexity tech field.

stcredzeroOP8y ago

KirinDave8y ago

That's cool, but how is it relevant?

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