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Cryptocurrency deserves to be dismissed: its problems outweigh its promise, and the trustless world it offers is not one worth wanting.

Drawn from what David Heinemeier Hansson said, then moved away from

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What David Heinemeier Hansson actually said

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    David Heinemeier Hansson 21 Feb 2022 · held 11 months

    But wherever this leads us next, it's clear to me now that I was too hasty to completely dismiss crypto on the basis of all the things wrong with it at the moment. Instead of appreciating the fundamental freedom to transact that it's currently our best shot at protecting.

    I was wrong, we need cryptoworld.hey.com

First recorded here 19 Mar 2021 · How quotes work

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