One criticism from Molly White I read last cycle that I did actually agree with, which was that crypto is strangely self-referential. The social layer is filled with a lot of already crypto-pilled people, telling other already crypto-pilled people why crypto is good/valuable. You don't really see this in other spaces, I'd say it comes across slightly as cope, people who need to keep convincing themselves they're right

Arguably this just arises from a defensive position since it's also true that no other industry also faces as much criticism, fud, etc.

it’s a cult. has upsides and downsides, false prophets and incredible builders & visionaries, all fundamentally imagining a new world 

many other tech movements are learning from it