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I have re-read the blog post and I can't find what you mention.

The blog post is basically telling us that cryptocurrencies and its leaders are a giant scam and they don't contribute anything of value to society.

Your interpretation is very generous if you ask me. A blog post with that angle would be interesting to read though. It would have more to do with the Haskell ecosystem than this one and it would be good to have that discussion if the cryptocurrency influence on the ecosystem is too big.

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Well yes, if the author didn't think cryptocurrencies were a problem, then he probably wouldn't be bothered by crypto currencies influencing the community. There are always going to be large organizations influencing Haskell, like the UK government and Microsoft in the past. I'm guessing this blog post is aimed at people who work with Haskell and know about the crypto companies in the community, but see them like any other organization that funds open source development.

I agree it would be great to have more details about how big this influence is and how it manifests itself.

It's not about "influence". It's about feeling bad that the Haskell libraries are being paid for by the victims of financial scams.

Cardano was funded with an ICO in Japan, one of the most restrictive country about crypto-currencies. The amount was 64M$ which is not that much for developing a blockchain for 5 years with almost 100 researchers & devs. It's not a scam.

> they don't contribute anything of value to society.

They appear to be funding Haskell development.

is that worth however many percent of the worlds energy usage?

It's hard to tell. Haskell could make a big impact on the technology of the future. Or not.

There’s no PoW Haskell chains I’m aware of, they’re POS chains which are far more energy efficient- therefore they reduce energy usage as people move over to them.

Author does not mention energy usage at all. Main problem is that he thinks that crypto is a scam where a lot of people are being tricked. Would you like your language development to be funded by drug cartels or from blood diamonds profits?

i agree crypto is a scam, and it's also a scam that's a giant waste of a huge chunk of the global generated electricity.

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