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A comment on What Satoshi Did Not Know (2015) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:What Satoshi Did Not Know (2015) [pdf] by dmichulke on Saturday September 05, 2020 @02:50AM (#24381812)
Anybody can create a new Facebook or Amazon at any time. Yet somehow it doesn't happen, why?

Network effect. Same with Bitcoin.

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Re:What Satoshi Did Not Know (2015) [pdf] by thisisnotclear on Saturday September 05, 2020 @10:21AM (#24383723)
Over a long enough timeline Facebook and Amazon will also reach very low valuations.
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