No disagreement here, not a fan.* but so many arguments miss this point. the problems with blockchain are rooted in the why; the how is mostly a sideshow but admittedly much more expedient to criticize in comparison.
* were not for HN's character limit my username would have started with the word 'block'
That's fundamentally a bad thing. I want my social contracts enforced socially. The rot is at the heart.