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Re:A tale of two bubbles, the dot-coms and Bitcoin by iMuzz on Thursday December 07, 2017 @02:25PM (#15873148)
When drawing an analogy to Friendster and Napster, I think the point linkregister is trying to make is that bitcoin is similar in the sense that it's a "first mover" and not a "last mover".

The underlying _why_ for these "first movers" fail are not related at all since it's a totally different vertical.

Re:A tale of two bubbles, the dot-coms and Bitcoin by mattrices on Thursday December 07, 2017 @07:36PM (#15875714)
Sure, but first movers have an advantage due to wider name recognition and in this case a large established market cap and mining network. Unless the underlying tech shifts to somthing more stable or more profitable, last movers are at a disadvantage.

The deflation and high transaction fees seem to favor btc bc miners wouldn't shift to somthing less profitable and those using btc as a value store profit from deflation long term.