Bitcoin and the Banks - Seven Stages of Grief By Andreas M. Antonopoulos

[tey]

In this talk , Andreas examines the rise of the "blockchain"as an attempt by the banking status quo to dilute the disruptive potential of bitcoin by removing its most interesting features.


Published 8 - 2- 2016

https://youtu.be/43Ucj6_Erb0

[tey]

Thank you Will P. for the video !

[Acidyo]

Haha I love Andreas and been following his comments on reddit and twitter for years!

And it's really true, whoever you try and talk to about bitcoins nowadays see you in a weird light.

[nandibear]

In this talk , Andreas examines the rise of the "blockchain"as an attempt by the banking status quo to dilute the disruptive potential of bitcoin by removing its most interesting features.
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@tey

I just now watched the video. I really enjoyed it and I'm relieved to hear Andreas Antonopoulos talking about how banks (and others in the mainstream) keep trying to assert that the blockchain might be worth implementing but that bitcoin itself is of no real significance.

Jamie Dimon (Chairman, President & CEO of JPMorgan Chase ) and also Warren Buffett are always touting the same sort of lines -

blockchain = probably has potential

bitcoin = joke, worthless, fun fad

For some time now I was thinking this was some sort of contemporary strategy being used to belittle and downplay the power of bitcoin. However, I really wasn't sure if I was reading too much into such statements and then recklessly connecting dots.

I was relieved today when watching the featured video and heard Andreas Antonopoulos talk about this strategy being used.

Thanks for posting

[iFixBTCmemoryIssues]

In this talk , Andreas examines the rise of the "blockchain"as an attempt by the banking status quo to dilute the disruptive potential of bitcoin by removing its most interesting features.
[VIDEO]

@tey

I just now watched the video. I really enjoyed it and I'm relieved to hear Andreas Antonopoulos talking about how banks (and others in the mainstream) keep trying to assert that the blockchain might be worth implementing but that bitcoin itself is of no real significance.

Jamie Dimon (Chairman, President & CEO of JPMorgan Chase ) and also Warren Buffett are always touting the same sort of lines -

blockchain = probably has potential

bitcoin = joke, worthless, fun fad

For some time now I was thinking this was some sort of contemporary strategy being used to belittle and downplay the power of bitcoin. However, I really wasn't sure if I was reading too much into such statements and then recklessly connecting dots.

I was relieved today when watching the featured video and heard Andreas Antonopoulos talk about this strategy being used.

Thanks for posting

Chimpanzees laugh when they are scared.

[tey]

I was relieved today when watching the featured video and heard Andreas Antonopoulos talk about this strategy being used.

Thanks for posting

We are always the first lines of defense against all FUD and misconceptions.
After a glorious year for Bitcoin in 2015 , this year we seemed to run out luck.

Its not only Mikes Hearn move out the bitcoin project , but the "smooth moves" towards Blockchain major banks are dancing too.
Making it seem that Blockchain could work with out :
bitcoins - the unit.
Bitcoin - the network
Bitcoin - the protocol

The answer is loud enough

[arnoudk]

Thanks for the share. I just watched it and enjoyed it. Andreas is really great with words, he does have a way of explaining concepts that simply make sense.