I’ve seen criticism on here and twitter, as well as some euphoria on the flip side.

I don’t think anyone thinks that the token distribution is good or that it’s some wonderful meaningful project. it feels gross and grifty.

I think most positive or neutral voices are simply excited that crypto is center stage among the concerns of the incoming administration, as opposed to being unfairly targeted by politically motivated enforcement actions that haven’t solved much of anything (e.g. FTX allowed to happen, Coinbase taken to court).

in addition to euphoria from number go up, the desire for regulatory clarity is what’s coming through here imo. it’s unfortunate that this progress has resulted in some questionable alliances along the way.

I'll add: it's dumb, but it's just Trump University with less steps, everybody knows this is who he is & what he has done for decades. Not sure why 'crypto' needs to own this anymore than internet service providers have to own every dumb thing done over TCP/IP.

Software Engineer @ Cadence Design Systems. B4: Stanford EE / Illinois ECE

Crypto is still too insular relative to the broader Internet, so anything that happens in crypto taints the whole. It's unfortunate.

protocols are neutral vessels. the current flows where it will