I don't hate it out of jealousy.

I hate it because so many good people have been scammed and because it is dreadful for the environment. Wasting power for seemingly no purpose.

Subconsciously you hate it out of jealousy.

I h#$@ it and I didn't miss out. A month's salary turned into 16 months of freedom and a bit of money to start a non-crypto company.

Reason being the ignorant hype, even greater inequality, and the support of criminals, terrorists, and bad actors built into the very nature of public blockchain.

Private blockchain is a different story, but I see that more like a choice between SQL and NoSQL. Just need to wait a decade or so for the tech to mature.

As you've identified, a "private blockchain" is just a database. People can't wake up to this soon enough.

Yes and no. Consider HyperLedger.

While it does have a shared, immutable ledger and chaincode, what is really interesting is the coordination and integration of business entities and processes. This is something a database does not facilitate like a blockchain.

Interesting. I'll have to read up on HyperLedger.

Why the emotional attachment to a "thing" that just is? Do you also hate gold? Maybe vegetables? Or Javascript?

I actually don't h#$@ it, just dislike.

I'm currently in a bet with a friend.

- If you use a curse word, $1 to the other

- If you can convince someone the h#$@ should be one of the banned four letter words, $10 recoup

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h#$@ should be a banned for letter word! Do you agree?

Good spot here, h#$@ is a 4 letter word, starts with 'h' and you used it in a discussion in the context of the term 'hate'.

Not sure if this setup was to easy, or you taking your bet too serious scanning the interwebs for such opportunities :-)

I wasn't looking for it, but we did talk about how the internet would be a great place to spread the idea.

We don't go around preaching, rather bring it up when someone uses the "H-word." It's far more interesting IRL because it almost always sparks an inspiring conversation.