> When will the blockchain ecosystem provide something [...] to the average user? > Google went from a research project to incorporated and usable on the inter

> When will the blockchain ecosystem provide something [...] to the average user? > Google went from a research project to incorporated and usable on the internet in roughly two years I don't think this is a fair comparison. Google is a late bloomer, being preceded by lukewarm online services AltaVista, Yahoo!, and AOL. Just like how Facebook became successful when MySpace did not, the latecomer can have a substantial advantage in speed and scale. Moreover, Google is an application. The Internet is a platform. Google was founded several decades after the Internet. The first few decades of the Internet were clunky, slow, and expensive. I would compare Bitcoin to the Internet. It is the raw, unsightly engine room that most people should not directly tinker with. Where are the killer applications that will run on top of Bitcoin? We're still figuring that out.