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Ever? Certainly. Within say 50 years? Possibly, perhaps even probably. It would seem unusual to me that a first attempt at a digital currency would survive as l
by D_Alex 8y ago
Ever? Certainly. Within say 50 years? Possibly, perhaps even probably. It would seem unusual to me that a first attempt at a digital currency would survive as long as this.
Consider the fate of early search engines, eg Alta Vista. The number of searches on this once leading search engine is, today, exactly zero. It lasted less than 20 years.
What happens then: probably nothing significant, it will not be something that happens in a single day. Possibly the value will be transferred into some other medium. Or, the remaining hodlers will lose the last iota of value, which has been slowly declining for ages.
Oh... how much are tulip bulbs worth today?
- PaulHoule 8y agoTulip bulbs are worth something like 25 or 50 cents per bulb. If people decide they aren't interested in Bitcoin then the value can go to zero. The main detail is how exactly the Bitcoin network fails when that happens.
- andirk 8y agoThere have been several digital currencies before BTC; this is not the first attempt.