Green: Exchange inefficiencies, not network effects, limit altcoin adoption
Matthew Green · a16z Podcast | Beyond Bitcoin -- The Blockchain · Jan 2, 2019 · at 13:11
Cryptographer Matthew Green disagrees with Ed Felten during an a16z panel, arguing that social network dynamics like Facebook do not apply to cryptocurrencies.
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“See, actually, I don't agree with that. I think that there's room for a large number of altcoins, and I think the reason that the existing altcoins are not as popular is just because of inefficiencies in the way that exchanges work.”
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