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Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by erikpukinskis on Saturday December 09, 2017 @12:06PM (#15886695)
No, plenty of us have been saying this for a long time. Here is a HN post from 5 years ago where I say:

“even if it's only ever used for politically sensitive transactions, and it never takes off as a consumer payment service, it will be a very big economy” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5526684#5526972

The goalposts for Bitcoin have always just been “can it sustain its market cap?”

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Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by fragsworth on Saturday December 09, 2017 @12:31PM (#15886853)
Also it's not like everyone you see on the Internet is the same person.

Anyone who was hoping for it to replace credit cards didn't understand the system. Lots of other folks have known the limitations of Bitcoin for years and what we're seeing today was totally predictable.

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