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Re:Total Crap, the First Magazine Written by AI by tsunamifury on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @12:28PM (#35876779)
The immediate uptake and application of this technology to everyday lives is what different here. Bitcoin was NEVER hyped outside of Silicon Valley to much of a degree that people here think it was.
Re:Total Crap, the First Magazine Written by AI by sangnoir on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @01:24PM (#35877557)
> Bitcoin was NEVER hyped outside of Silicon Valley to much of a degree that people here think it was.

I directly experienced Bitcoin maximalists selling Bitcoin-backed retirements to seniors far from the Valley.

The hype was so bad, the subsequent price-drop was a pop-culture event that got mocked by mainstream comedians to mainstream audiences.

Re:Total Crap, the First Magazine Written by AI by noAnswer on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @01:53PM (#35877994)
> Bitcoin was NEVER hyped outside of Silicon Valley

You opened up IE/Edge and the "MSN/News" showed "Get rich with Crypto!!11". Today you open up Edge and the "News" show "Get rich with AI!!11" (With an AI generated Musk face).