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> When the internet first came out people thought it was only for porn and criminals. Look at where it's at now. This is such a bogus analogy, and cryptocurren
by ForHackernews 6y ago
> When the internet first came out people thought it was only for porn and criminals. Look at where it's at now.
This is such a bogus analogy, and cryptocurrency stans keep pushing it.
Not even counting the internet, ten years after the world wide web was opened to commercial use, we had Wikipedia, Google, eBay, Craigslist, MapQuest...
We're now 11+ years on from bitcoin's start, and what have you got to show for it? Not a single thing that any normal mainstream user would care about.
- miguelmota 6y agoI agree it's not a good analogy but ask any of my peers in Venezuela how they feel about bitcoin and they'll strongly disagree with your sentiment that users don't care about a single thing about it. Saying bitcoin is a failure because mainstream users don't care about it is like saying electric cars are a failure because they've been around for decades and aren't mainstream yet. Disruptive technologies take time to become the de facto standard.