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What is a huge tangible success that crypto has delivered?

• seibelj 5y ago
  See my comment here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28388450 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28388450
  • porb121 5y ago
    that comment listed a lot of things that maybe blockchain could theoretically accomplish and no tangible accomplishments at all
  • dontreact 5y ago
    I am not aware of anything on your list that I would call a real tangible success. Proof of work crypto currencies seem like they are currently a net-negative because of the energy consumption. What’s the benefit to society that has already happened? For AI better speech recognition is widely used and has a ton of benefits. For example nearly all radiologists use voice dictation in order to write faster/better/more reports.