Anti-crypto technology experts urged United States lawmakers to resist the influence of pro-crypto lobbying efforts.
Bruce Schneier, a lecturer at Harvard, reportedly said that blockchain advocates’ claims are “not true.” He added that the technology is not secure and not really decentralized. According to Schneier, systems where you can “lose your life savings” when you forget your password is “not a safe system.”
Along with other computer scientists and academics, Schneier signed a letter criticizing crypto and blockchain and sent it to U.S. lawmakers in Washington. Software developer Stephen Diehl supports the idea and also signed the letter. Diehl noted that the letter is an effort for counter-lobbying since crypto supporters only “say what they want” to the politicians.
Within the letter, the signatories claimed that cryptocurrencies are “risky, flawed and unproven digital financial instruments.” The academics attempted to dissuade regulators from supporting the efforts of...
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