web3/concepts/ethereum.md

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Ethereum

Ethereum is a cryptoasset that extends the bitcoin model to allow the execution of smart-contracts.

Properties

Ethereum is not a currency.

Ethereum is a speculative investment.

Ethereum is deflationary.

Ethereum has no fundamental-value.

Ethereum has no use-value.

Ethereum has no income-cashflows.

Ethereum has a present-value of zero.

Ethereum has a terminal-value of zero.

Ethereum is a greater-fool-theory asset.

Ethereum is a form of gambling.

Ethereum is a non-productive investment.

Ethereum has a negative expected-return.

Ethereum is a security.

Ethereum is a bubble.

Ethereum investing is a zero-sum-game.

Ethereum has a narrative-economics based on technosolutionism, libertarianism, regulatory-arbitrage and aspirations towards private-money.

Ethereum shares a payout structure similar to a ponzi-scheme.

Ethereum is based on an environmentally destructive consensus algorithm known as Proof of Work mining.