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Amazon (1994), Google (1998), Yahoo (1995), PayPal (1998), Mozilla (1998) and tons of other companies that are well known powerhouses today were all birthed in
by joeblau 9y ago
Amazon (1994), Google (1998), Yahoo (1995), PayPal (1998), Mozilla (1998) and tons of other companies that are well known powerhouses today were all birthed in that era.
While I do agree that there are a bunch of socks.com (1997) token equivalents, some of these technologies will change the internet for decades to come.
I just wish I knew which ones :).
- SomeStupidPoint 9y agoI think a lot of the technologies and ideas are going to be important, but I don't think any of the current cryptocurrencies have long-term potential. You can't pivot a currency the way you can a corporation, and I think that will make a difference in how long cryptocurrencies last. If you really wanted to make a ton of money on cryptocurrencies, you'd develop the Google to ETH's Ask Jeeves. I don't have the time to actually make a client -- but there's definitely some low-hanging fruit in terms of improving the marketplace. Satoshi proposed a brilliant solution to a distributed trust problem -- and we'll likely use the kernel of that idea for a long while to come -- but that doesn't mean the first generation or two of implementations are going to be long-term survivors.