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A comment on Ask HN: Do you consider people buying into Bitcoin today as 'early adopters'?.

Re:Ask HN: Do you consider people buying into Bitcoin today ... by mike_esspe on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @10:06PM (#6806038)
There are around several hundred thousands of bitcoin users. There are more than 7 billion people. Bitcoin is in the very early phase.

For comparison: first GSM call was made in 1991. In 1994 subscribers hit 1 million, nowadays there are several billions. Would you consider someone with GSM phone in 1994 an early adopter or not?

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Re:Ask HN: Do you consider people buying into Bitcoin today ... by laxatives on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @10:15PM (#6806076)
There are also tens (hundreds?) of thousands of piano tuners. Does that mean piano tuning is in the early phase?
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Re:Ask HN: Do you consider people buying into Bitcoin today ... by mike_esspe on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @10:20PM (#6806093)
Bitcoins are arguably useful to everybody, unlike piano tuners.
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