Is There a Legitimate Use Case for Crypto Currency?

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nick weaver: Is there a legitimate use case for crypto currency of any kind, or ther version of it, buying drugs? Yes. I mean, this is just like business as usual in the crypto space. And so they basicly about these days. About a million bucks an gross sales of drugs over the inner net. Using crypto currency. That keeps the drug dealers happy, allows the fbi to have fun busting themanda and you don't object to this use of it? Not really. Ye, that that saga is entirely a story unto itself.

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.