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minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThat doesn’t mean cryptocurrencies is like steam power.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoEach is a technology with unique features for its time, and where there aren’t any practical applications initially.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoStill doesn’t mean crypto is like steam, nor that it will ever have any practical application
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI’m sure the ancient Greeks said similar things about their steam pinwheels.
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoFor each steam power there are thousands of similar inventions that never see the light of practical use cases. We just remember those that had significant breakthroughs.
That doesn’t mean cryptocurrencies is like steam power.
Each is a technology with unique features for its time, and where there aren’t any practical applications initially.
Still doesn’t mean crypto is like steam, nor that it will ever have any practical application
I’m sure the ancient Greeks said similar things about their steam pinwheels.
For each steam power there are thousands of similar inventions that never see the light of practical use cases. We just remember those that had significant breakthroughs.