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Lane 'one meme behind' Rettig
@lrettig
Bitcoiner, Etherean, Urbiter, Smesher. Building @teamspacemesh. My hobbies include sci-fi, fireside chats, and preventing metadata information leaks.
Jun 20, 2018 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
I want to talk about why Ethereum matters to me, and why it should matter to you, too.

In 2018 when most people in the world hear "Ethereum" they think of ICOs and scams and shills. That's disappointing but understandable. The true message has gotten buried. I posit: the existing system is broken. By "system" I mean economic, political, social, take your pick. Turn on any news channel anywhere in the world for five minutes if you need evidence. The list of broken things is too lengthy to detail here but, briefly...