Thanks for your comments. I’m describing a vision in that section, not advocating that it’s accurate. In fact, the main point of my post is that there is more going on than these “wild claims.” I think it’s valuable to dismiss the hype while still appreciating the kernel of potential here. And even if you think the community holding those ideas is misguided, it exists.

You raise good questions about the gap between the cryptocurrency vision and reality. There are good discussions to be had about, for example, what effects token curated registries might have on online information quality, as one response to the fake news problem. They go beyond the scope of this post. I take up some of them, and especially the point you allude to at the end about actual identifiable humans who you can take to court, in my book coming out later this year.