Is There Potential in Crypto Currency?

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The first time i heard about crypto currency, and, honestly, for some heard about nft, was like, weight, this does sound kind of neat. The fact that we are using cryptography to a, you know, distribute a ledger with that tells us who owns what, right? Is not a, on the face of it, stupid idea. It's a somewhat cool kind of idea. And so i'm curious, as a computer scientist, at's someone who's just like following the space,. is there potential in the underlying technology?"

Crypto is crashing, which makes it the perfect time to ask whether blockchain technology is actually — you know — useful for anything. Computer scientist Nicholas Weaver joins Adam to discuss the inherent flaws in the technology, the shockingly slow state of innovation considering that the technology has been around for a decade, and what a better system for digital money might be. You can follow Nicholas on Twitter at @ncweaver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.