Cryptocurrency Canon – Andreessen Horowitz

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Most of the articles are related to projects and companies backed by a16z with expert takes sprinkled in between so not exactly neutral ...classic marketing material disguised with genuine content..including some authors of questionably legitimacy.

Dunno about marketing materials but it all seems on the positive side, skipping "Blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future" type viewpoints (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16774293)

I'm kind of neutral on crypto but if you don't include the negatives you get a skewed view.

out of curiosity, which authors would you consider of questionably legitimacy?

Is there a single successful legitimate application of a cryptocurrency yet?

I have followed a16z on this topic and I generally have respect for their team. But still, if we can’t name the killer app yet, is it ever coming?

Depends a bit on how you define successful and legitimate. Online gambling? Funding Alex Jones when the respectable won't deal with him?

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