The Clowns of Finance

Not clowns and not in finance

Hello @starkness, my old friendI’ve come to tweet to you againBecause your vision of a layer 2Scaling solution got me thinking of youAnd the vision that you planted in my brainStill remainsDespite the clowns of finance

In restless dreams I walked aloneThe size of blocks seemed set in stoneBut the emergence of BIP 148,SegWit really seemed to set things straightWhen my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a lightning strikeThat split the nightAnd changed the rules of finance

And on the internet I sawTen thousand people, maybe morePeople stalking and some streakingPeople sharing and some leakingPeople writing code for the likes of Wu and VerAnd no one daredDisturb the clowns of finance

Fools, said I, you do not knowBlock size like a cancer growsAntonopoulos might teach youASIC patents won’t decentralize youWhen the price of several altcoins fellAnd echoed on the web of finance

To all of those who bowed and prayedTo EOS, Dash and BCHLet 2X be a first warningAbout cartels that might be formingWhen they claim the words of the prophets are written in the white papersLike Mr Ver’sOr any of the other clowns of finance