Topic: Is bitcoin the most important technological achievement of our lifetime? - page 3. (Read 3389 times)
March 03, 2014, 08:43:23 PM
I love Bitcoin, But its NOT THE MOST important achievement, and from it.
March 03, 2014, 08:34:59 PM
Ron Paul once said, "You can't stop an idea whose time has come." His speech during the 2007 US presidential debate began a mass awakening to the dangers of central banking. He was ahead of his time.
Bitcoin (and its digital currency brethren) are all ideas whose times have come thanks to another guy who was ahead of his time. They are competition to dinosaur banking cartels. They have size, but we have speed, agility and youth. I know which side I'm on.
Bitcoin (and its digital currency brethren) are all ideas whose times have come thanks to another guy who was ahead of his time. They are competition to dinosaur banking cartels. They have size, but we have speed, agility and youth. I know which side I'm on.
March 03, 2014, 08:30:36 PM
Jokes aside, bitcoin is a nice step in the evolution of finance, but keep a cool head if you don't want to look like an Jehovah's Witness 
Sometimes it's OK to get excited about things.
I'm excited about having the technology to protect and control my money as I see fit!
You may control your bitcoins, but the bitcoin market controls your wealth
March 03, 2014, 08:23:34 PM
Yes.
I think it's one of the five biggest technological achievement of human history in its consequences (it's on the same level as stuff like agriculture, alphabet, internal combustion engine. Even computers and Internet are outclassed.)
I think it's one of the five biggest technological achievement of human history in its consequences (it's on the same level as stuff like agriculture, alphabet, internal combustion engine. Even computers and Internet are outclassed.)
March 03, 2014, 08:08:46 PM
i can't wait to download a car just in spite of those anti-piracy ads
Anti-pirate laws will be irrelevant for this 3D printer. As it can print car, as well it can print RPG, SAM, missiles, jet fighters etc so forces of the ordinary people and pro-corporate govt will be balanced enough. March 03, 2014, 08:00:01 PM
This is like calling Microsoft Windows the most important tech achievement of our lifetimes. It played a role - a cobblestone in the road of progress, nothing more. To predict whether Bitcoin will beat a competitor 10 years out, or even 1 year out is impossible. It's not like rolling out a new engine that would take 40 years to completely replace current tech. Things move so quickly when it's purely code. Roll the dice if you're feeling lucky.
March 03, 2014, 07:58:54 PM
I've allowed myself the thought to cross my mind.
March 03, 2014, 07:53:32 PM
Just listening to Antonopolous - more and more I think we are a part of something absolutely legendary. Totally apart from bitcoin the currency, I believe bitcoin the protocol will revolutionize the global economy in ways we can't even yet imagine. The times they are a-changing.
just my 2 bits...
just my 2 bits...
In our lifetime? Why stop there... it's the most important thing in the history of world. Penicillin and electricity? Nah, Bitcoin! A lot of empirical researches have even found that there was no Big Bang, there was only bitcoin.
Jokes aside, bitcoin is a nice step in the evolution of finance, but keep a cool head if you don't want to look like an Jehovah's Witness
March 03, 2014, 07:47:23 PM
I'm gonna say no.
If within 10 years Bitcoin is the world's sole currency and has made thousands of new millionaires - my answer is still no.
That honor will probably go to something medical... I love the idea behind Bitcoin but come on - most of us are just greedy nerds. Medical science saves lives.
If within 10 years Bitcoin is the world's sole currency and has made thousands of new millionaires - my answer is still no.
That honor will probably go to something medical... I love the idea behind Bitcoin but come on - most of us are just greedy nerds. Medical science saves lives.
Upsetting the current status quo could have more far reachijg implications than making some greedy nerds happy. This is a disputive technology that does have the potential to make a huge positive impact.
March 03, 2014, 07:31:05 PM
I'm gonna say no.
If within 10 years Bitcoin is the world's sole currency and has made thousands of new millionaires - my answer is still no.
That honor will probably go to something medical... I love the idea behind Bitcoin but come on - most of us are just greedy nerds. Medical science saves lives.
If within 10 years Bitcoin is the world's sole currency and has made thousands of new millionaires - my answer is still no.
That honor will probably go to something medical... I love the idea behind Bitcoin but come on - most of us are just greedy nerds. Medical science saves lives.
Do you have any idea how many lives can be saved if Bitcoin can save us from financial debt slavery and oppression? Especially 3rd world countries could benefit greatly. You have no idea how much of our lives are being controlled and demolished by the tyranny of the ones on top of the current financial pyramid.
Well said and I agree.
You know, there were people who attended the World's Fair to see the lightbulb unveiled who were also alive to watch the Moon Landing on TV.
There are people who watched the Moon Landing on TV who are alive today and aware of Bitcoin. And don't care.
Just putting that into perspective. Have fun with your tin foil hat.
March 03, 2014, 07:28:29 PM
On of the.
March 03, 2014, 07:26:18 PM
No, not at all, unless you are like 10.
March 03, 2014, 07:24:37 PM
If bitcoin is able to effectively compete with national currencies to the point that the people wake up and dump fiat en masse, then we could be looking at the largest shift in power from government to individuals in history.
so if that happens, then yes.
so if that happens, then yes.
March 03, 2014, 07:17:55 PM
may be the most impressive bubble of our lifetimes, but technology... no. if it was so incredible, we'd already be doing more with it than just speculating and buying bed sheets online.
March 03, 2014, 07:16:53 PM
I'm gonna say no.
If within 10 years Bitcoin is the world's sole currency and has made thousands of new millionaires - my answer is still no.
That honor will probably go to something medical... I love the idea behind Bitcoin but come on - most of us are just greedy nerds. Medical science saves lives.
If within 10 years Bitcoin is the world's sole currency and has made thousands of new millionaires - my answer is still no.
That honor will probably go to something medical... I love the idea behind Bitcoin but come on - most of us are just greedy nerds. Medical science saves lives.
Do you have any idea how many lives can be saved if Bitcoin can save us from financial debt slavery and oppression? Especially 3rd world countries could benefit greatly. You have no idea how much of our lives are being controlled and demolished by the tyranny of the ones on top of the current financial pyramid.
March 03, 2014, 07:13:00 PM
I think an universal 3D printer, capable to produce any stuff, will be the most important achievement and have greatest impact on human civilization.
Bitcoin may be put on the second place.
Bitcoin may be put on the second place.
i can't wait to download a car just in spite of those anti-piracy ads
What you do is buy a 3D printer, and build 100 more. Then you can churn out cars and guns and apparently Yoda heads on a mass scale
March 03, 2014, 07:03:32 PM
I think an universal 3D printer, capable to produce any stuff, will be the most important achievement and have greatest impact on human civilization.
Bitcoin may be put on the second place.
Bitcoin may be put on the second place.
i can't wait to download a car just in spite of those anti-piracy ads
What you do is buy a 3D printer, and build 100 more. Then you can churn out cars and guns and apparently Yoda heads on a mass scale
March 03, 2014, 06:56:29 PM
I think an universal 3D printer, capable to produce any stuff, will be the most important achievement and have greatest impact on human civilization.
Bitcoin may be put on the second place.
Bitcoin may be put on the second place.
i can't wait to download a car just in spite of those anti-piracy ads
March 03, 2014, 06:54:47 PM
lifetime is long so we do not know
the idea behind the protocol for economics - probably yes
the idea behind the protocol for economics - probably yes
March 03, 2014, 06:43:16 PM
I think an universal 3D printer, capable to produce any stuff, will be the most important achievement and have greatest impact on human civilization.
Bitcoin may be put on the second place.
Bitcoin may be put on the second place.
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