> So the article doesn’t seem in conflict with my HN reading, 80s/90s surviving self any more than me thinking AOL and Broadcast.com sucked back then even thoug

> So the article doesn’t seem in conflict with my HN reading, 80s/90s surviving self any more than me thinking AOL and Broadcast.com sucked back then even though I bet my whole career on the Internet. I think we agree and I haven't made my point clear. To use your analogy, my criticism was more directed toward those who think AOL = the Internet. I'm not cheering for Bitcoin per se, but I'm cheering for the development of the technology underlying it, and disagree with those here in the comments who are saying we don't need blockchains because we already have relational databases.