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It’s impressive how quickly the WWW became mainstream, given how few people had internet access back then. Bitcoin is now 16 years old but compared to the WWW i

by retired 8mo ago

It’s impressive how quickly the WWW became mainstream, given how few people had internet access back then. Bitcoin is now 16 years old but compared to the WWW in 2008 is hardly used on a daily basis.

shimonabi 8mo ago
It's not that WWW was quick, it's that Bitcoin is useless.
- cap11235 8mo ago
  False, it was much more annoying to buy drugs online pre-crypto.
  - flexagoon 8mo ago
    How did people do that before crypto?
    - retired 8mo ago
      Money in mailed in envelopes. Western Union. Prepaid credit cards. Stolen credit cards. Bank transfer to a legitimate business that funnels it to their drug empire.
- kolinko 8mo ago
  For agent to agent payments, Bitcoin/Ethereum could be quite useful now, as traditional payment protocols and banks are not likely to provide decent APIs any time soon.