Tried explaining crypto to a few friends last night in as little words as possible:

BTC -- censorship-resistant, credibly-neutral digital asset
ETH -- censorship-resistant, credibly-neutral compute
stables -- censorship-resistant, credibly-neutral dollars


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yeah agreed, although i think it does the job at explaining. I think that the main value props of blockchains are censorship resistance and credible neutrality, and even if those concepts are on a spectrum / aren't always perfectly true, it showcases the real value prop of crypto

stables -- global-cheap dollars

Centralized stables aren't really censorship-resistant or credibly-neutral although they are more censorship-resistant and credibly-neutral than bank dollars