> bitcoin is a meme token for gambling on a fantasy about living in a cyberpunk dystopia.

Ok, thanks.

> It’s a scary but essential truth to realise that normal software engineers like us are an integral part of society’s immune system against the enormous moral hazard of technology-hyped asset bubbles metastasizing into systemic risk.

This sure sounds like “a fantasy about living in a cyberpunk dystopia” too. Maybe the author should diversify a little into Bitcoin, and relax.