> the internet proper saw its first commercial access providers appear in 1989[1] and it certainly was nowhere near popular in 1999 as it is now The internet h

> the internet proper saw its first commercial access providers appear in 1989[1] and it certainly was nowhere near popular in 1999 as it is now The internet had 248 Million users in 1999 [1] Bitcoin has, estimating very liberally ~28M users worldwide [2]. > It's vastly more popular then 10 years ago, because now my plumber and barber ask me about it, it is regularly talked about in the news and there are almost no countries without laws enacted as a response to it. Nobody's disputing that. As in my previous examples, we've all heard of 3D televisions, segways, HD DVD's, 8-track, beta max, Theranos, Juicero, and tons of other laughably bad ideas. That doesn't indicate success. [1] https://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm https://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm [2] https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/how-many-bitcoin-users/ https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/how-many-bitcoin-users/