This Wednesday, I spent my lunch hour watching a blockchain founder set themselves on fire.

The man, who goes by Burnt Banksy and is known for burning a Banksy, is totally fine due to a fire retardant suit and a nearby fire extinguisher. Rather than self-immolation as a form of political protest, this particular pseudo-burning was to celebrate the launch of a blockchain mainnet. 

I was promised something more radical than his somewhat profane act of burning a Banksy. What I got instead (according to one of my fellow bystanders, and a friend of the firebug himself) was a smaller act which really upset only one person. Yes, everyone is mad at Burnt Banksy for setting a Banksy on fire…

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