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Re:Where are all the crypto use cases? by jrumbut on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @01:57AM (#31820413)
I don't know about the very early days, but since 1990 Internet adoption (globally) has only gone up.

Some stocks crashed, some specific sites went away, but the people involved just reorganized and made even more successful businesses.

If 50%+ of Internet users decided to disconnect that could cause some real problems.

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Re:Where are all the crypto use cases? by aeternum on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @10:39AM (#31824457)
Hasn't crypto adoption also generally only gone up? https://financesonline.com/number-of-blockchain-wallet-users...
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Re:Where are all the crypto use cases? by jrumbut on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @03:46PM (#31828277)
We are talking about a hypothetical future where the speculation interest goes away.

The poster I was responding to thought that would make room for more pragmatic applications but I'm not so sure.

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