Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
This is an issue that I’ve grappled with for years and have written about (https://mazmhussain.substack.com/p/what-bitcoin-and-crypto-are-for). I’ve tried convincing more left-leaning people about the possibility of crypto but come up against much opposition. This opposition has been built on a belief that crypto is simply a scam that utilizes effective storytelling to inflate hyper-speculative assets. After years, I’ve stopped trying to convince people. This is because I’ve come closer to their perspective and developed a more negative view of the crypto world. This is not about the technology, which is neutral and can still have uses, but about the broader “crypto industry” which really is overrun with scamming and abhorrent behavior. I wrote about my evolving views here after years of observing this industry (https://paragraph.xyz/@unmediatedthoughts/casino-killed-the-computer-star?referrer=0x2503b70933119084c26df4c8d3e96d282de10743). I still have some hope which is why I keep an open mind.
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Tempe.degen 🎩 @ Devcon BKK
@tempetechie.eth
I think what turns a lot of left-leaning people away from crypto is greed and flashing money/wealth. This kind of stuff gets more attention and awareness, and to the outsiders it seems like it's the only thing happening in crypto. Talk to a non-crypto person and you'll be surprised to see that they don't know that you can have programs running on blockchain (a decentralized "AWS"), even if they are technical. And that you can use blockchain for much more than just sending coins from one address to another. Let alone that there are many non-financial use cases already... What breaks through our bubble and reaches the outside world is only pictures of douchebags in lambos, I'm afraid.
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