> Except it wasn't. The "early internet" was ARPANET in like the 60s 'Early Internet' as in public usage. Not its research roots. > The 90s weren't an early a

> Except it wasn't. The "early internet" was ARPANET in like the 60s 'Early Internet' as in public usage. Not its research roots. > The 90s weren't an early age of the internet, it was the early age of internet security that allowed you to use your credit card through the internet and be sure it wouldn't be stolen That must be an alternate internet in an alternate timeline. From mid 90s to mid 2000s the Internet was a pretty dangerous place for any non-technical folk to use their credit cards anywhere. You must be looking from a tech-savvy person's perspective just like how you took the 'early Internet' to be ARPANET. > crypto makes terrible money If your understanding of crypto is limited to that, its no wonder you have the perspective that you have. Just like how many people said that the community forums back in early 2000s were 'plebs' spamming the internet.