The Year in Crypto Journalism: Truth Will Always Be Human

Despite continuing doldrums in the token markets, 2019 saw solid progress for many parts of the blockchain/crypto ecosystem - including for crypto media, research, and journalism.

Messari accomplished great things with its transparency initiative for crypto projects.

There are also some flawed ways of thinking that are specific to crypto.

Neumann and Kalanick, at least, are still rich - as are a shocking number of crypto 'leaders' who have produced even less of real value than those men.

To people reared on the abstract rationality and self-contained logic of computers, the process of uncovering real-world truth can seem mysterious, and even intimidating.

You can see this manifested in several blockchain projects aimed at building a new model for discovering the truth through so-called 'crypto-economics.

' Broadly, these projects aim to fix problems in journalism by reducing the role of individuals in making judgments about the truth.

There's a second reason the way we seek the truth isn't going to change.

Formal logic thrived in the late 19th century, and some might have thought it heralded a new age of clear, simple truth.

Truths important to human society are discovered and propagated through a complex, subtle, and radically individualized process.