Nicholas weaver is a computer scientist who has been following crypto from the jump. He's sceptical about the field, but that septicism comes along with a true mastery of the technical issues. And his conclusion, just to spoil it for you, is that technology is pretty much bullshit and very bad. Once you get to lesson 26, then you'll really why this is the way man.
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.
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