• @Pohl@lemmy.world
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    545 months ago

    The real charlatans were the “the technology has promise” people. No, the technology was dumb.

    • @Artyom@lemm.ee
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      -275 months ago

      He says on a decentralized platform that became popular because the centralized equivalent became hostile towards their users.

      • Tar_Alcaran
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        595 months ago

        “Blockchain” and “decentralised” are not interchangeable words

        • @Artyom@lemm.ee
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          -95 months ago

          Yes, in the same way that federated and decentralized aren’t interchangeable.

          • @irmoz@reddthat.com
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            5 months ago

            You’re dodging the point that being in favour of decentralising doesn’t mean being a blockchain bro

            • gila
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              -115 months ago

              So are you pushing a non-blockchain based decentralised ledger solution then, or did the point they were dodging actually just go over your head?

                • gila
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                  -75 months ago

                  Well, it’s been about 15 years, and everything else we’ve found so far has been shitter. So just, give up on decentralisation I guess?