This was a super interesting read, and it highlights exactly the strength of cryptocurrencies. They turn game theory in their favor, so egoistic players (I don't mean this in an offensive tone) contribute to making it stronger and safer for everyone else.

Thank you for sharing!

They kinda do - I'll admit honestly that the final game I played in the cryptocurrency space I played solely to profit. (It was a minor, uh, **coin that didn't have a lot of redeeming value to start with). Though it turns out the incentives remained somewhat aligned: I ended up providing the developer with some security bug fixes to make sure someone couldn't mess with the cash cow. :)

(To be clear: We were just optimizing mining; in the process of looking for ways to mine it faster, I found some security bugs and fixed them. We weren't exploiting the bugs, that crosses a line for me.)