But, this seems more a list of people doing stupid shit with blockchain-y things, and not an argument against it as a whole. That doesn't distinguish blockchain that much from other technologies (e.g. consider WWW during the hype of dot-com bubble).
I pretty much believe its all absolute bullshit, but picking some egregious examples, while amusing, doesn't really show that.
And yet neither group are forthcoming enough to offer up the examples themselves. It feels like an invitation to indoctrinate yourself.
This is one of the narrative items I have a major issue with. The critics of cryptocurrencies in general seem to push the concept that only the insane, extremists, or shills would not hate these systems, and that all one has to do to hate it just like them is to read about it!
That's not really borne out in reality. This is one of those "everybody knows" things that's actually a falsehood.
I have yet to encounter anything yet that has changed my mind. Might i be wrong? Of course. I've been wrong about other technologies, i might be wrong about this one (and i would be happy to be proved wrong. I'd love to have new technology that can do cool new things)
As far as if "everybody knows", sure my opinion is not a universal one, but its not exactly an obscure one either.