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It's the internet vs. intranets all over again. People have too much stock invested in "bitcoin is fundamentally flawed" and before that it was "bitcoin is a s
by paavokoya 10y ago
It's the internet vs. intranets all over again. People have too much stock invested in "bitcoin is fundamentally flawed" and before that it was "bitcoin is a scam". Now it's "a different bitcoin is the answer".
EDIT: Time and again getting downvotes because of HN's cognitive dissonance. Pathetic low-tier reddit run-off is entering HN's market share.
- nathcd 10y agoI really hope for some success from Interledger[1] and the Web Payments Community Group at W3C[2] to start bridging the gap and letting people exchange money (directly) with whatever currencies they want. [1] https://interledger.org/ https://interledger.org/ [2] https://web-payments.org/ https://web-payments.org/
- paavokoya 10y agoletting people exchange money (directly) with whatever currencies they want If you had any idea the amount of regulation and ridiculousness involved in banking and forex, you'd laugh at this statement.
- herzmeisterderw 10y agoxkcd standards