Re:Poly Network hacker returns $258M after stealing $600M
by tablespoon on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:41PM
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>> IMHO, crypto is like a new car with the revolutionary new feature of not having seat belt technology.
> Crypto is like that new car that can have a seat belt but you don't need to. The fact that it still doesn't have that seat belt doesn't means much, just that you need to be aware of it.
You're missing the point. To put it slightly differently: crypto is like the overconfident kid who thinks seat belts are stupid because he doesn't truly realize he can get into an accident, let alone die. He actually does need a seat belt, he's just not wise enough to realize it. When he gets in an accident and files out his windshield, then he'll discover he wants to use one.
>> Of course, when that happens someone in that community will call it a seat-strap and claim its a revolutionary new invention.
> Oh seems like you acknowledge that... but twist it like a bad thing?
Reinventing the wheel when everyone else around you is riding in cars and on bicycles is not actually inventing anything, let alone anything revolutionary. Then, if you'd previously spent the previous few years mocking wheels as stupid and useless, there's the angle of refusing to acknowledge that you were wrong.
> Crypto is like that new car that can have a seat belt but you don't need to. The fact that it still doesn't have that seat belt doesn't means much, just that you need to be aware of it.
You're missing the point. To put it slightly differently: crypto is like the overconfident kid who thinks seat belts are stupid because he doesn't truly realize he can get into an accident, let alone die. He actually does need a seat belt, he's just not wise enough to realize it. When he gets in an accident and files out his windshield, then he'll discover he wants to use one.
>> Of course, when that happens someone in that community will call it a seat-strap and claim its a revolutionary new invention.
> Oh seems like you acknowledge that... but twist it like a bad thing?
Reinventing the wheel when everyone else around you is riding in cars and on bicycles is not actually inventing anything, let alone anything revolutionary. Then, if you'd previously spent the previous few years mocking wheels as stupid and useless, there's the angle of refusing to acknowledge that you were wrong.