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"There will be no “killer app” for blockchain tech. The reason for this is simple: the doctrine of low-hanging fruit. If there existed some particular app for which blockchain tech is massively superior to anything else for a significant portion of the infrastructure of modern society, then people would be loudly talking about it already" - Vitalik, 2015

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I think he'd argue that rather than that being a "killer app" it's a marginal improvement over existing apps which is why it's taking so long to replace current infra. Whole peice is great, worth a read (or reread ;) )

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I think he'd argue that rather than that being a "killer app" it's a marginal improvement over existing apps which is why it's taking so long to replace current infra. Whole peice is great, worth a read (or reread ;) )

https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/04/13/visions-part-1-the-value-of-blockchain-technology

I still think the “killer app” is instant, global, sub cent transactions. It amplifies existing economies and creates new digital economies previously not possible. 


It takes a while to replace global infrastructure & current payment systems do a great job of hiding their egregious take rates

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Interesting, I've never heard that framing of it

Ya, I don't think it's a bad thing. Like Farcaster provides a lot of value to the world although people aren't immediately quitting X and paying hundreds of dollars to join

yes.. i've been no-killer-app pilled over the last few months also 🥲 

For me the thing that nailed it is Vitalik saying he thought of ethereum/blockchains more as a new kind of programming language. I don't remember when he said it but it was a long time ago

I think we are in for some surprises. The future is always radically different from our expectations in the present