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It will take time. Upsetting technologies attract conartists like flies to honey. Critics will deliberately conflate the cons with the rest until then, as it's a very convenient argument (though obviously fallacious.)


> It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

> - Upton Sinclair


Is this a pro or con comment? Could be both I suppose.


Pro-cryptocurrency comments are usually cons.

And unfortunately nobody's salary depends on preventing other people from shilling get-rich-quick pyramid schemes. (Except maybe for dang's.)


It's a relatively objective assessment of the topic, and human nature in general.


Alternatively, con-artists pose as upsetting technologies to convince people to get in on the "ground floor" of the exciting hyped tech (doesn't necessarily apply to crypto).




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