> pitfalls of regulatory darkness and non-discoverability of capital assets

Would you be willing to expand on what you mean here? I am genuinely interested in hearing your thoughts, hoping to help inform and strengthen my own.

> one of these acronymic crypto heroes is running his exchange

Totally agree on this.

> math involved with the coins themselves, it's hard to disagree with you

I’m really talking more about the consensus protocol ideas, but of course the cryptography is important to any modern financial system