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RE: Andreas M. Antonopoulos talking about STEEM & Steemit ! One of the most brilliant mind on blockchain space..
I thought his answer on steem was very week.
It is clear he has not thought about steem much. Which is very sad.
But he had a pretty good reason not to look too much on Steem. If the pitch is all about money, it makes people suspicious.
It's our responsibility to make a better pitch that makes him (and everybody else) truly interested in this platform.
No he as someone who understands what a blockchain is, should understand that new business processes are possible, and analyzed how this money was created.
He just made fun, of what could be a great solution and told some false information to a large audience. I have lost massive respect for him here.
I also think that he is the type of guy that hates money. He does not say he holds bitcoin and is really invested. Everytime he is asked about bitcoin from an investment perspective he has no answer and only talks about how not to invest. So i think he does not seem to be driven much by making money much. Instead he should have been approached by how steem creates better content and rewards content creators with a blockchain in a unique way.
Maybe he also just does not like bitshares. He never talks about that part of the ecosystem.
He has always been hard on bitshares and has tried several times to stump dan with difficult questions on ltb with little effect. Much of it comes imho from early days when bts community didnt want to pay for advertising during ltb hayday...and maybe some other stuff with dan and him. Regardless, andreas though a very nice guy really messes up by ignoring bts and this tech.
And lets facr it, if we are talking about his main argument that nothing out there has what bitcoin has today...is wrong. Steem backed dollars, with steem at ethereums marketcap and volume, would be be easily as good if not better for onboarding everyday, noncrypto people.
I cannot tell you how many people I have met here who were introduced to crypto by steem...
He should just say "I am sorry but I do not have deep enough understanding to be qualified to give anything but a my thoughts in general about blockchain-driven social media networks." Or simply "Im not qualified to answeryour question at this moment."
Yup, you could tell his thought process was just based on some idiots telling him he could make money on it. The idea that it will take 10 years for a blockchain social network to be successful is kind of stretching it in my opinion. I am betting on 3-5 years for one to be adopted massively. Hopefully Steemit is the one.
Yes. Be very wary about most staunch bitcoiners opinions on anything dan larimer touches. Dont know why but many people feel justified calling his projects scams when they are clearly among the most innovative in the space.