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So is it a jack of all trades and master of none sort of thing? I still see it as a speculation tool and it's grabbing a lot of momentum. But I don't see what's

So is it a jack of all trades and master of none sort of thing? I still see it as a speculation tool and it's grabbing a lot of momentum. But I don't see what's so fundamentally useful about the technology unless you're interested in laundering money and/or buying illegal stuff.

shuntress 6y ago
Bitcoin is a currency. The fundamentally useful thing about Bitcoin is it's proof-of-work shared ledger that allows transactions to be conducted and verified between individuals (through the shared network) independent of any third party or broker. It is the electronic equivalent of handing someone a physical coin. It is genuinely pretty neat. Any actual meaningful application of this use has yet to be realized.
- bollu 6y ago
  > It is genuinely pretty neat. This captures my feelings exactly about BTC, thank you for phrasing it so succinctly!