https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2212.07375/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34182379urn:hackerpapers:mention:2212.07375:34182379Fri, 30 Dec 2022 06:12:28 GMT<p>Peer-to-peer is too general and too useful to be spoilt by &quot;blockchain&quot;. But there is so much money behind this crap it is a formidable virus that can infect any project. ConsenSys is a company formed by Ethereum co-founder. He has sold out to the big banks, in the opinion of some Consensys shareholders. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/consensys-shareholders-readyi... &quot;Falls says he believes both MetaMask and Infura - what he calls &quot;the crown jewels&quot; of ConsenSys - could have been decentralized and tokenized, and that their projected use is &quot;completely anathema&quot; to the peer-to-peer principles…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2212.07375/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.DC