They're actually still around and make iPad, iPhone games and have ported several of their utilities to OS X, but it's nothing like their late 90s heyday. Played the crap out of Escape Velocity, Avara, Barrack, etc. Learned to make website just to put a page up for my EV plugins (mods, addons? can't remember what they were called).
Sounds about right. I've only met a handful of devs in crypto. They were all in college or recently graduated individuals. I don't know if they were getting paid in cash or tokens, but it was hinted at that they were being paid, at least in part, under the table.
Most of the crypto workers I've met in the last six months have been mostly freshly minted MBAs or marketing people with tons of money to burn.
1. Organized lists are not a magical new technology. A lot better database tech already exists.
2. Almost everything associated with blockchain is fruad-like, skirting nations’ established laws and decreasing security.
3. This type of trading is zero sum. The funds come from a bad place or from someone who has more information than/hidden info from the person they sell it to (manipulated). When you help launder money you’re harming your neighbors, yourself, and your country.
