RE: Tone Vays Debates Ned Scott And Dan Larimer About Steemit
I was absolutely flabbergasted at how that conversation went. I didn't listen to the post, but if it included the entire conversation then it probably captured the following:
- complete disregard for factual history regarding launch
- complete inability to accept a factual correction (repeating lies)
- completely unrealistic expectations for us to "keep it off the market"
- apparently I was part of some other scam prior to bitshares? More evidence of complete disregard for verifiable facts.
All of that was before even beginning to debate the definition of blockchain. Apparently we cannot even compare bitcoin's early days to Steem's early days. New, experimental, systems are supposed to just pop up and start their life fully decentralized rather than grow into it.
There are legitimate arguments you can make against Steem and then there are illegitimate ones. He wasn't actually able to get to a single legitimate argument because he was so blinded by ideology.
What is worse, he is unable to accept or discuss any legitimate criticism of Bitcoin. The only way we will ever grow is if we can acknowledge our faults and ruthlessly seek to improve upon them.
I'm agree, you eated him because he didn't know what was talking about -even many of us don't know-. It was a great interview for you because some points of your vision were clarified but there were a few valid question, example, about the storage. What will happen with the steemit.com domain name in the future (https://steemit.com dont belong to the blockchain). Why is pegged to USD -the SBD- and what is going to happen when it collapse. How you are going to decentralize all your stake. How many witness are needed to be a healthy ecosystem. Also the Tone's question about the SEC (or FBI or any goverment institution) is important, places like megaupload were closed easily. But the main question for me -as I'm writer and have my essays here is what is going to happen if like, hotmail, you decide to shut down the blog system because is expensive to maintain. I'm not cryptotrader, not developer, just a mortal looking for profits and freedom.
I'm a member and mod from Whalepool, and I can be heard on that audio a few times. I think you guys did great. We especially like Nate.
Hope to see you guys again.
Your side of the debate was eloquent, this response is eloquent, I can't be eloquent-the guy is a total ass. I'm trying to picture what he was doing while the rest of you were speaking and the image I have is of him examining his manicured nails while half listening just to seize the moment he could jump in and spout pseudo-intellectual bullshit. But I think overall this helps you far more than it hurts, any listener with half a brain won't get trapped in the box he's made for himself. And likely will only listen to him again if the guests are someone they're interested in...unless of course they enjoy being supremely irritated.