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all-in

/ted | exploring the onchain frontier | surfing @ venice, ca | eating @ gjusta / gjelina

except then some of the guys proceeded to go “I’m bearish on crypto” and I was like “wait polymarket is crypto” and they were like “no we would say that’s blockchain not crypto”

interesting

after this experience, i reached out 1:1 to a mix of 30 non-crypto people — tech-forward engineers, founders, execs.

85% regarded crypto + blockchain as different. they value blockchain, not crypto. one even said, "when i hear crypto, i immediately think "scam".

and people think memecoins will solve our PR issue?

In the context of teaching, I always say Blockchain. Crypto anything was unlikely to get approved as a class.

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blockchain ENT prof |  ⌐◧-◧ Nouncillor, Nouner, BuilderDAO community resident /builder |

https://www.gmfarcaster.com/ 

i just fully grasped block chain

it’s not normalized terminology associated with crypto to the average human

ℑ❤️𝔱𝔶𝔭𝔬𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔭𝔥𝔶 + 𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫. 
ℑ 𝔤𝔬 𝔟𝔶 𝔏𝔞𝔪𝔟𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔭, 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔭𝔥𝔦𝔠 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫. ᯅ 

uncertified fashiǒn snoop.

Most have heard of crypto — and thanks to FTX they don’t have a positive take on it. Blockchain allows focus on the underlying tech.