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> Bitcoin might be a steam engine. I think it's fairly safe to say that steam engines revolutionised society (the industrial revolution and all that), arguably
by davidgay 8y ago
> Bitcoin might be a steam engine.
I think it's fairly safe to say that steam engines revolutionised society (the industrial revolution and all that), arguably more so than those engines that replaced it.
- inteleng 8y agoSure. But they never worked on airplanes, and they're only a distant ancestor to the jet and rocket engine. You don't see people investing in steam engines these days.