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I’m A Believer
Why I am now certain the future will be blockchain everywhere
Because I’ve spent much of the last thirty years deep in the world of hi-tech and I actually understand how blockchain works, I’ve spent the last few years shaking my head sadly at all the enthusiastic folk who can’t help but chant the blockchain song, wave pretty little blockchain flags, and worship the great god blockchain high up on its throne.
But now I have seen the light.
No longer do I regard blockchain as a solution to no real problem whatsoever. No longer do I consider the absurd energy usage of cryptocurrencies to be a fundamental reason why no sane person would ever imagine them to be any sort of alternative to anything whatsoever. No longer do I point out that blockchain solves no problems but creates plenty.
No. Now I am a convert, a True Believer. Because I have realized that blockchain is not a technology. Blockchain is the best religion that’s ever been invented.
The gospel of blockchain tells us it came to pass that a new god stumbled across the horizon many years ago. At first, people did not see the new god, except for a few hirsute men living in the cellar of their mother’s or sister’s home. These were the Wise Men, for they immediately fell prostrate before the new god and gave themselves…
