sounds like you're missing the point of crypto. it's not about the data management, I think some ETH clients use postgres internally, the blockchain as a network is about removing central coordinators and trust assumptions (including ones we take for granted in our society)
The only trust that crypto removes the need for is the trust that a transaction will be recorded. You still need to trust that the person on the other side of the transaction will uphold their end of your bargain, which is literally the only thing that actually matters in any transaction.
When I swipe my credit card at the grocery store, I'm not worried about whether or not it will show up on my bank statement. Switching that transaction to crypto solves nothing, it gives me no additional assurances to whether the food I just bought is poisonous, whether somebody was watching over my shoulder for my pin, whether a delivery for something out of stock that I ordered will arrive, or anything else.
In fact, using crypto would make me less confident about those things because, since crypto transactions are eternally immutable, I can't get my money back if they screw me.
Being able to trust the fact that a transaction happened is not a useful innovation.
forks set their genesis state as a snapshot of a block on the original chain. if anything you now have twice as much money since your account has funds on the old chain and the new one
Let's say you just sent someone 1000 dollars in exchange for 1 Eth, sometime close to the fork. Before the transaction, you have 1000 USD and 0 Eth. In the old block chain, the transaction goes through, your wallet has 1 Eth, and theirs has 0. In the forked block chain, their wallet has 1 Eth, your has 0. However, regardless of which block chain you choose to believe in, they have the 1000 dollars.
So if the forked chain becomes accepted, then they have 1000 USD and 1 Eth, while you have 0 dollars and 0 Eth, and you're never going to make the mistake of trusting a cryptocurrency ever again.
I've found learning new things can be very difficult and have definitely at times felt the same way you do.
One thing that has helped motivate me was to work with other people that have similar goals. I don't know if you have any friends or peers that you can collaborate on projects with but a more relaxed environment where multiple people share a common goal in learning has helped me to overcome personal struggles.
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Generally a good article but I think the author struggles too much with something that isn't that difficult. If you really enjoy something then won't you naturally pursue it? Of course, you love it. If you have multiple things you love you'll pursue multiple things, dividing your time between them. IF you hate something then the only reason you would give it time is because there's something you don't hate about it.
This isn't that difficult, its really just intuitive.
This is something I've thought about. If AI creates post-scarcity paradise what do people do? Automation could theoretically create unlimited luxuries particularly suited to you but then you just become a blob hitting the pleasure button, fun for a while but ultimately unfulfilling.
People find joy where they will, I for one praise our incoming AI overlords and welcome their arrival with open arms!
