@J12t Yeah. It’s the same motivated reasoning I often encounter when reading about Web3 investments. It’s sorta ironic that they mention SMTP but neglect to note that it’s a blockchain-free open protocol that successfully forms a decentralized social network of, like, literally everyone on the Internet.
@davepeck it’s almost like the investor mind needs to hear a new technology ingredient— eg blockchain — in order to be able to believe that this decentralization thing is now possible. To answer the question of: why didn’t this happen before and why can it happen now? Blockchain!
I wonder whether we can come up with a secret new ingredient sauce that’s not blockchain but that can play the same role. “It has always been possible” is not quite as credible…