> There is actually a standard way for new people to get into crypto...That is why you begin learning crypto by breaking other people's crypto.
And that is actual, useful advice for someone who is looking to get into crypto, not the equivalent of spraying an errant dog with a water bottle. Hence, like I said, studying and learning from others' experiments first.
To bring up game engine or OS dev again for instance, the answer to "I want to build my own game engine/OS" isn't "don't do that, you'll get it wrong", because people in those fields have actually put in the effort to create and document amateur-friendly resources targeted at various levels. And it's not like using your own OS or game engine in production is necessarily less dangerous than you using your own crypto in it, but again people in those fields somehow seem capable at grasping that people can [want to do] things without it even remotely being about a production service or product.
And that is actual, useful advice for someone who is looking to get into crypto, not the equivalent of spraying an errant dog with a water bottle. Hence, like I said, studying and learning from others' experiments first.
To bring up game engine or OS dev again for instance, the answer to "I want to build my own game engine/OS" isn't "don't do that, you'll get it wrong", because people in those fields have actually put in the effort to create and document amateur-friendly resources targeted at various levels. And it's not like using your own OS or game engine in production is necessarily less dangerous than you using your own crypto in it, but again people in those fields somehow seem capable at grasping that people can [want to do] things without it even remotely being about a production service or product.