• Pohl@lemmy.world
    7724·
    9 months ago

    The real charlatans were the “the technology has promise” people. No, the technology was dumb.

    • Artyom@lemm.ee
      2956·
      9 months ago

      He says on a decentralized platform that became popular because the centralized equivalent became hostile towards their users.

      • Tar_Alcaran
        678·
        9 months ago

        “Blockchain” and “decentralised” are not interchangeable words

        • Artyom@lemm.ee
          1828·
          9 months ago

          Yes, in the same way that federated and decentralized aren’t interchangeable.

          • irmoz@reddthat.com
            315·
            9 months ago

            You’re dodging the point that being in favour of decentralising doesn’t mean being a blockchain bro

            • gila@lemm.ee
              819·
              9 months ago

              So are you pushing a non-blockchain based decentralised ledger solution then, or did the point they were dodging actually just go over your head?

              • irmoz@reddthat.com
                175·
                9 months ago

                I’m not pushing anything, but yeah, anything other than blockchain

                • gila@lemm.ee
                  916·
                  9 months ago

                  Well, it’s been about 15 years, and everything else we’ve found so far has been shitter. So just, give up on decentralisation I guess?