it is nuts for someone who runs a crypto media outlet to write this, and even more nuts for Time magazine to publish it
i respect laura shin’s work but suggesting she’s a neutral observer is about as bananas as suggesting i am
i will say it is brave of her to “come out” as a progressive in the crypto world, which is heavily pro-trump and prone to attacking anyone who isn’t. i’m sure that wasn’t an easy decision given her business.
“our lead shares our philosophy that technology should serve the user, not the reverse
this is why they focus on blockchains, a technology basically always used at the expense of its users”
i do think the degree to which bluesky is stressing that they do not use blockchains really underscores how toxic even a faint whiff of blockchain has become to any normal platform