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Has he actually personally made any important discoveries or inventions? It seems to me like he got rich off of a couple relatively uninteresting businesses and
by pgcj_poster 7y ago
Has he actually personally made any important discoveries or inventions? It seems to me like he got rich off of a couple relatively uninteresting businesses and has since built his personal brand by pouring money into science-fictioney stuff.
- xiphias2 7y agoHe understood that the internet was missing an internet-native payment system and currency and was acting on it. He failed with the original plan as he had found out that centralized systems have to be regulated and boring. I think that Bitcoin continues the original spirit and vision that Paypal and X.com were about, but the fight is not over: there's still yet no widely spread global easy to use internet-native currency available, though I think it's just a matter of time.