Blockchain and Docker have a common problem:
- people only notice its advantages, ignoring the drawbacks
- people think it's good for everything, even when it's not
@Wolf480pl add Electron to the list
and Arch Linux
@Michcioperz @Wolf480pl and almost every programming language ever
@grainloom @Michcioperz I don't think there's as much hype for any single programming language right now as there is for Docker.
@grainloom @Michcioperz Of 6 people I know tried coding in Rust, only 2 are hyped about it.
@Wolf480pl @Michcioperz hmm, but they are hyped for docker?
@grainloom @Michcioperz Some of them. Many other people are hyped for docker too. And I've seen very few people critical of Docker, while people are often critical of Rust.
@Wolf480pl @Michcioperz then I guess people overestimate the size of the Rust Evangelism force 🤷
@Shamar @grainloom IMO blockchain is a legitimate solution to the problem of distributed consensus between mutually untrusting actors.
It's not a particualrly good solution, but it is _a_ solution.
There are many problems which blockchain help solving, and many more problems where blockchain is irrelevant and doesn't help at all.
TwisterP2P used blockchain for fist-come-first-served nickname registration.
Bitcoin used blockchain for making a currency.
Ethereum used it for distributed contract enforcement.
These are all good expereiments IMO. The only thing that could make them scams is if someone convinced people that these things are production-ready, eg. ready for using with real money.
@Shamar @grainloom
If I came to you and told you, that I printed a bunch of stickers with my avatar on it, and they're worthless, and will be always worthless, but you still can buy them from me for 100$ each if you really want, and you bought them despite knowing they're worthless, would that make me a scammer?
@Shamar @grainloom
probably.
@Shamar @grainloom
Doesn't mean the bitcoin is a scam itself.
@Wolf480pl @Shamar @grainloom
bitcoin isn't inheritly a scam but people do certainly use cryptocurrencies as a form of speculation rather than currency which is often why people feel it is a scam.
@oct2pus @Wolf480pl @grainloom
Given its energy consumption, it cannot work in the long term, so as a currency it is a scam.
As a speculation it's a scam when you consider that it's not backed by something physical.
When you buy bitcoins (or any other cryptocurrency) you put "real" money in the system. Someone takes this real money and spend them. So when you want to get your money back, they are not there anymore. And you need to convince somebody else to buy #bitcoins "as an investment".
@Shamar @oct2pus @grainloom
Yes.
So if you treat it as monopoly money [0] it's not a scam.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_money