and Ethereum is heading into Eth 2.0.
in other words nothing has changed over the past 4-5 years. there is still a pointless upgrade that never comes trying to save a sinking ship 
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What are your thoughts on the direction of the blockchain?
i don't see any direction to be honest. things have been stationary for the past years. the developers gave up on innovation a long time ago and chose to copy bitcoin and make the least amount of effort to make money only.