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I wonder what her Social Radar picks up off cryptocurrency-adjacent individuals. Because she's seen their pitches to YC. And that Social Radar of hers should get a good read on crypto bros. And so the question is how many of them are grifters and con artists trying to cash in on the next Bitcoin, and how many of them are true believers of the ideals being spouted. And how many of them are, actually, honestly, good people.

Because they're there, but they seem few and far between.



Can you point to a single YC crypto / "cryptocurrency-adjacent" company that is a "grift"?


Who determines whether it is a grift?

I would cite Coinbase. But if you don't agree that it is a grift, what have we shown?


I don't follow the YC applicant space that closely. Is every rejection posted publicly? Cryptocurrencies do have some true believers, but there are also some of those that aren't. Hence by sheer statistics, we'd be safe to assume they exist in the YC applicant pool.


Crypto is by definition a red flag. I don’t believe honest good people involve themselves with crypto.




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