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“entire near-future automated economy depends on programmable money” It also depends on banks and states signing up to that vision. We have seen zero adoption
by perseusprime11 9y ago
“entire near-future automated economy depends on programmable money”
It also depends on banks and states signing up to that vision. We have seen zero adoption on that front. On top of that, it still does not explain the hundreds of alt coins.
- agorabinary 9y ago"it still doesn't explain the hundreds of alt coins" It's open source. How many Linux distros are there?
- notsrg 9y agoUber would probably disagree that you need permission for anything.
- halbritt 9y agoBanks are rapidly trying to adopt the use of blockchain.
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- Retra 9y agoSuccessful use of blockchain is not the same as successful cryptocurrency.
- perseusprime11 9y agoAgree. Just because banks are using ripple blockchain and ethereum blockchain is being used by apps does not mean their currencies are useful. Nothing explains why Ether is so expensive.
- hossbeast 9y agoIsn't there some adoption of ripple among banks? Then again ripple isn't decentralized like Bitcoin.
- dk8996 9y agoHundreds of coins and hundreds of tokens. This is the growth phase for crypto, people are trying out new things. Some of these coins and tokens will not be here in 5 - 10 years and some will be used every day by all of us.