I graduated high school in 1996. I really wanted a computer. This was around the time where there were Power Computing clones that were licensed from Apple. Bu

I graduated high school in 1996. I really wanted a computer. This was around the time where there were Power Computing clones that were licensed from Apple. But my buddy just started college at the University of Oregon. They had a computing center that was this tiny little store that was on the second floor above all the big rack-mounted computers. I thought it was beautiful. I still love seeing walls of servers. But Apple used to give massive discounts to University students. I was not one, but my friend was. So I gave him $1,400 in cash for a Performa 6214, a Apple Multiple Scan 14 Display, and a StyleWriter 1200. It was around a 50% discount for being a student at the university. I spent two months gutting and rebuilding my friends parents RV for the money. I hate cryptocurrencies.. For some meandering reason my point is this. Computers were expensive in 1996. Some internet providers still charged by the hour.. I got a 14.4 connection using my friends dial-up info from the university. I paid 200 dollars for my modem. So the barrier to entry to the internet was steep back then. So ordering pizza was a novelty. Computers were wildly expensive, internet was by the hour, and slow. So might as well just pick up the phone and be done with it in two minutes. Back to Bitcoin.. Don't say it is just like the internet. The internet was hard in 1996. I can drop a five on Coinbase and get Bitcoin, but I don't want to because it is stupid.