Blockchain solutionism – Guest lecture at the University of Texas at Austin by Molly White

"Blockchain solutionism". A guest lecture by Molly White at the University of Texas at Austin on September 21, 2022. This lecture was for a course in the School of Design and Creative Technologies called "Anti-Solutionism". There is a Q&A portion at the end—to protect the privacy of students only my own audio is included, and I've replaced the question audio with a text summary of the question.

00:00 Intro
00:52 Overview of concepts
10:35 Pros and cons of blockchains
16:43 Claimed use cases
17:32 More believable use cases
20:01 Solutions looking for problems
22:52 The XY problem
33:35 Q&A