The notion that VB is a super genius I feel was and always will be VC-driven hype. A facade, promulgated in the same manner as it was for SBF.
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Exactly right. Vitalik was the archetype for “crypto” with his nerdy looks and autistic speech patterns. SBF updated the model with “effective altruism” but was essentially the same thing - both their to get outside money in by playing to the crowd.
People who conflate crypto and Bitcoin don’t understand these type of people aren’t in Bitcoin, it’s a totally different archetype I think best encapsulated by this: 