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The idea that blockchain will change the world.

Every week, every month, every year, crypto is alleged to be dead and dying. And still the adoption, usage, and price goes up.

It gets hyped, it falters, people stop talking for a while, and the cycle repeats itself.

Yes, you can say the same thing about any ponzi scheme, until it finally crashes.

So blockchains aren't fundamentally decentralized, permissionless, censorship resistant networks, and you've found a secret issue that will cause an unraveling of the protocol?

If not, then maybe just step back and observe the chain grow block by block, day by day, unfettered, for the rest of your life.

Blockchain != cryptocurrencies

Sounds like a classic hype cycle to me, however without the stabilization of effective large scale adoption.

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