[FRIAM] Web 3 is going great!

[Roger Critchlow]

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>    TechScape: They used my identity to flog a doomed cryptocurrency – and
>    then things got weird
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>    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/01/cryptocurrency-tsuka-alex-hern

   "In the meantime, the Telegram channel was moving so fast that I could
>    see history being corrupted in real-time."

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>    If the idea of shitcoins as a big multiplayer video game intrigues
>    you, I’ve just finished reading Adrian Hon’s book You’ve Been Played
>    <https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/adrian-hon/youve-been-played/9781541600195/#:~:text=In%20You%27ve%20Been%20Played,where%20losing%20has%20heavy%20penalties.>,
>    which goes into some detail on the same idea. Every major social trend
>    takes on the characteristics of an “alternate reality game” these days,
>    from QAnon to Crypto, and it’s having a deeply weird effect on our societal
>    fabric.

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