crypto

https://cdixon.org/2019/01/08/strong-and-weak-technologies

I like this framework.

In addition to letting “thumbs learn”, getting wallets in people’s hands — even in weak case — lets them get comfortable with owning crypto assets.

This is important for letting everyday people form their own opinions about crypto by owning… not by hearing bogeyman stories in media.

I quite like that we are at the point where "simply better" stands on its own

My hypothesis is that a shake of the traditional payment method core infrastructure would trigger a move to “only with crypto” (eg DoJ lawsuit against Visa for monopoly) similar to when decentralized social gained traction after trump was deplatformed from twitter. We could feel it a bit with the SVB / FRB fail