How Many More Birthdays Until Bitcoin Wins?
Bitcoin just turned 11 and it’s worth looking at what this technology has achieved. First, some context.
Facebook is 14 while Twitter is 13. Linux is 28. The World Wide Web – the network you’re reading this on – is 30. TCP/IP is about 44 years old, depending on whom you ask.
If you’re into a bitcoin, you’re most likely 18 to 34 years old, according to pollsters at the Global Blockchain Business Council. And you probably joined the bitcoin party about five years ago and own some fraction of or even a full coin. Some of you own many, many more.
Read more : https://www.coindesk.com/how-many-more-birthdays-until-bitcoin-wins
The author himself acknowledges in one section that it is not fair to compare Bitcoin with all these things, because it is still something unique and completely different from everything else. But it is in human nature to look for answers, even when there is not much logic in something.
When I read people's comments in this forum and in some other places, some think that Bitcoin should have already achieved some goals, and thus already lost the chance for long-term success. Yet 11 years of existence is a very small period of time, and I think it will take at least that much longer to see the real picture of Bitcoin.
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