> it may have felt incremental at the time Idk about that. Some of the more mass appeal stuff of those days (you can look up stock quotes and movie times, etc

> it may have felt incremental at the time Idk about that. Some of the more mass appeal stuff of those days (you can look up stock quotes and movie times, etc blah blah) like I mentioned, was definitely more incremental. But having access to such huge volumes of information that could not necessarily be found anywhere else was a big deal. You could download a long text file explaining how to hack the phone system. That would not be in any library or bookstore, at any price. Not to mention communities of people. You could discuss things that were very niche, something people take for granted today. Crypto hasn't done anything qualitatively different like that. It just lets you send money instantly, and with no recourse if you made a mistake or got tricked or your counterparty fails to perform and isn't in your jurisdiction. PS: Sorry for the double reply, not sure if that's a faux pas, but they were about very different aspects