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Ask HN: What's New in Crypto?

5 points by kaycebasques ↗ HN
Few seem focused on it anymore, which means that there's probably a bunch of interesting innovations underway. I know that there are some well-informed true believers lurking here. What's new in crypto?

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farwaabbas
Comments like heres an actual project I am working on and why the tech matters usually gets attention.
LogicCraft678
A lot of the innovation now is happening in scaling
cpach
Uhm… cryptography or cryptocurrency?
Someone1234
I assume cryptocurrency, since OP mentioned "true believers."

There isn't cryptography true-believers, it is just mathematical proofs with sometimes good or bad code wrapping it.

Leena-ch
ZK infra is finally practical for small teams. EIP- 4844 made L2 fees cheap enough to actually experiment
dnnddidiej
Follow up: are we getting more efficient? Are the more energy efficient chains taking off?
boundless88
Agent payment will be an important development direction for crypto in the future. Compared to traditional fiat payments, digital currencies have some inherent advantages.
OscarDK
Stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets are the only clearly useful things right now.
Cider9986
Monero is the best cryptocurrency for people that prioritize privacy and freedom.
baigy
The bond market is about to get introduced to Bitcoin Bonds in Q3 of this year. I.e. bonds with yield denominated in btc.