> I think that the cryptocurrency/blockchain space is the next big thing in the world on-par with the internet
with the difference that internet worked exactly as planned from the beginning, had a clear goal and solved a real problem.
with the difference that internet worked exactly as planned from the beginning, had a clear goal and solved a real problem.
And beyond that, when the internet first became a real thing outside of researchers, it required pretty intimate knowledge of the technology to properly connect to it and get it to work. Remember that operating systems use to not include a TCP/IP stack for instance. It would be a long complicated process to get your computer to actually connect to the internet... but now, in 2017, for the most part all you do is say "connect to <accesspoint> with password XXXX" and it magically works. Right now I think this is parallel to blockchains. It takes a lot of technical knowledge to really use smart contracts and blockchain tech right now, but I imagine a future where it is no more difficult than logging into your bank account, or writing an Excel macro.
Yes, it did
Cryptocurrencies are not working right now, not even as intended by their authors