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It's all just part of the curve of slow bitcoin adoption. First, bitcoin was completely unknown. Then, bitcoin was outright laughed at (some HN commenters are
by adrianmacneil 11y ago
It's all just part of the curve of slow bitcoin adoption.
First, bitcoin was completely unknown.
Then, bitcoin was outright laughed at (some HN commenters are still at this stage of evolution).
Next, people jumped on "blockchain" as a sort-of gateway drug, using it in sentences which amount to: "Well, computers are useless. But the Internet, the Internet is where the real power comes from!".
Eventually, we will come full circle and people will realize that you cannot have a blockchain without bitcoin (or a close analog), which is what the bitcoin fanatics were saying right from the start.
- jbpetersen 11y agoI strongly believe we'll end up with an ecosystem of major blockchains with smart contract support where it's standard to push transactions across them as needed to interface with applications working with a given blockchain or set of blockchains. Not to mention sharding solves a lot of scaling issues.