At least he held had his integrity in one piece. That should count for something. What bugs me is why people would trust all these absolute nobodies with media coverage that makes you immediately question their sanity with their money. It's like picking any random junkie off the pill-bridge in Amsterdam and asking them to hold on to your cash for a while.
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This is peak HN, as is the bulk of the top post, you guys are entirely clueless and refuse to see anything that detracts from your own insular narrative(s). Seriously, if you think SBF was a conman, which he is, thenyou should really take a dose of reality and see what pillars SV and big tech as a whole is built on. it really is no differnt than that of Mega corps, Wall Street and Banks.
He and his ex-gf worked at Jane Street, and are part of a SV elite in-class, they (but specifically SBF) were already living the high-life before they even knew what Cryptocurrencies were. That was probably never thier goal, they probably sought relevance in a World that was curated and manicured for them, only to find out that this space will eat you up and ridicule you to no end if you suck at it mercilessly: I speak from experience as a founder in this space.
Sidenote: I'm glad it was downvoted as I know it struck a nerve and serve dit's intended purpose; but I'm also really starting to feel I am becoming a sort Tech-Diogenes around here, and I'm not sure if that's good or bad seeing as how I know how is fate ended.
0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37128392#37134085