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> they say that it's a currency, when it's not Correct, it's a store of value. See my comment here [1]. > It is not accessible to everybody (not everybody has
by andreygrehov 6y ago
> they say that it's a currency, when it's not
Correct, it's a store of value. See my comment here [1].
> It is not accessible to everybody (not everybody has access to internet).
Internet usage keeps growing [2].
> Also, as a technology, blockchain itself it's not that impressive.
People are forgetting that Nakamoto Consensus is a legitimate CS breakthrough concerning the Byzantine Generals Problem [3].
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26065232 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26065232
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault