Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)

Software engineer, entrepreneur, documentary filmmaker, mod of /r/CryptoReality and /r/Buttcoin. Co-host of IoRadio.org podcast.

I'm a software engineer with 40+ years experience developing apps from the early PC days, to the Internet, mobile apps and beyond. I hold prior art that has helped bust various Internet-era patent trolls.

I enjoy debating, learning and sharing.

Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/americanscrea

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-12-14

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is the second biggest employer in the US after Wal-Mart.

If Jeff ' net worth was split with each of his 1.5M employees, they'd all be 16 times over.

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-12-11

offers humanity nothing for something; that's its legacy and that's why you'll never see the kinds of gains you did in the past.

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-12-10

There's a lot of talk about bros being un-employable. I'd like to steel-man that argument and argue otherwise, so here's the Top 10 Reasons You Want To Hire A CryptoBro:

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-12-01

When parody and reality collide.

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-11-29

is COMPANY SCRIP for a massive, decentralized organization of crime, fraud and corruption.

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-11-26

Iron pyrite is just a rock. No person created it. It has no "operator." But if you sell that rock to somebody telling them it's gold, it becomes fraud.

With and , everybody is walking around with fool's gold, trying to convince each other it's real gold.

A picture if iron pyrite, aka "fools gold."
Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-11-18

New Podcast out, another discussion/debate with a crypto bro - I'll leave it to you to determine if anybody learns anything?

ioradio.org/2025/11/18/ioradio

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-11-14

Ever wonder what kind of people are still into and ? Here's a handy guide...

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-11-14

For the first time ever, published some crypto slop that is an accurate representation of the industry. The only thing missing is the giant bag of fiat not visible in his life raft.

Michael Saylor in a life raft while the Titanic sinks in the background.
Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-11-08

is nothing more than a barometer of hype, grift and gullibility.

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-11-04

If ur in DC this week you could be called up for jury duty on against a guy who threw a sub at a fed agent. These are the "alpha males" employed by the Trump administration, responsibly using our tax dollars to insure they're never presented with a tasty sandwich sans permission

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-10-17

Taking bets on what kind of shitstorm is going to create as a distraction when the files eventually get released?

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-10-16

31: Many bros pretend that solves the "double spend" problem, aka the "byzantine general problem." This is one of the many deceptions they weave about the technology.

Stupid Crypto Talking Point #31 (BGP)
"Blockchain solves the Byzantine Generals Problem” / "Blockchain is ‘Byzantine Fault
Tolerant™ / "Blockchain solves the ‘Double spend problem"

1. The Byzantine Generals Problem is an allegory having to do with a situation where something
that was normally centralized, becomes de-centralized: a general trying to issue commands to
his armies but the link with command has been severed. Is there a way to execute reliable,
authentic instructions if the source is no longer verifiable?
Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-10-09

14 Reasons to NOT buy

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-10-04

(from poorly-manicured lawns) ISN'T FREE!

Oregon National Guard have arrived and will be here for about 60 days, in the tune of almost $4 million
dollars to taxpayers.
Whether you agree or disagree, let's respect the men and women in uniform and of Oregon.
Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-09-20

bros claiming they know all about finance and economics, is about as legit as Minecraft players thinking they are experts in architecture.

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-09-14

Nobody is saying the guy deserved to die. Nobody is celebrating his death either. Those are strawman arguments.

When I say "nobody" I mean 99.9999% of people. There will always be some troll out there saying ignorant and inflammatory stuff just to get attention and engagement, exactly like Charlie Kirk did.

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-09-12

I would submit we coin a new phrase, called "getting Kirked" something happens to someone as being bad, when that person said it was an 'acceptable loss' for the movement.

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-09-01

30 - People ask if you don't believe in or , why not short it?

Adam R. Smith (AmericanScream)AmericanScream
2025-08-04

29 - What does it take to admit we're wrong about and ? This is a super simple question and answer that most crypto bros want to ignore....

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