So we did stop calling it an experiment, did we not? - page 2.

joecooin

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Quote from: DannyHamilton on March 11, 2015, 09:38:59 PM

You're asking when it stopped being an "experiment",

No, I asked if and if so: when.

Quote from: DannyHamilton on March 11, 2015, 09:38:59 PM

but perhaps you should consider when you decided to stop calling it an experiment, and why you made that decision.

I did not decide. I just realised that I stopped calling it that a while ago and that I hardly hear anyone else using the term these days anymore ("experiment").

So, considering the fact that everything we do and plan for our future naturally is an experiment (but that's not what we're talking about):

is Bitcoin still to be considered an experiment or can one now confidentally say that it obviously is a force in our global economy that cannot be ignored anymore?

One can ignore an experiment but can one still ignore Bitcoin?

I personally believe that the principles we learnt from Bitcoin and the technological innovations we got given by Bitcoin do shape a new paradigm.

So my question is really:

_Is Bitcoin still an experiment or is it already the new paradigm?_

hdd3go

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I would rather call it experiment since Bitcoin is not universally acclaimed around the world, some people are calling it a scam. Bitcoin need to convince people to accept Bitcoin, and that will be done when Bitcoin develops and grows stronger.

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Quote from: dictionary.com

[n. ik-sper-uh-muh nt; v. ek-sper-uh-ment]
noun
1.
a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.:
a chemical experiment; a teaching experiment; an experiment in living.
2.
the conducting of such operations; experimentation:
a product that is the result of long experiment.
3.
Obsolete, experience.
verb (used without object)
4.
to try or test, especially in order to discover or prove something:
to experiment with a new procedure.

British Dictionary definitions for experiment
noun (ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt)
1.
a test or investigation, esp one planned to provide evidence for or against a hypothesis: a scientific experiment
2.
the act of conducting such an investigation or test; experimentation; research
3.
an attempt at something new or different; an effort to be original: a poetic experiment
4.
an obsolete word for experience
verb (ɪkˈspɛrɪˌmɛnt)
5.
(intransitive) to make an experiment or experiments

experiment in Science
A test or procedure carried out under controlled conditions to determine the validity of a hypothesis or make a discovery.

Wouldn't it depend on what is being experimented with? Getting the elderly to protect their private keys, having a nation use decentralized crypto exclusively, implementing the blockchain into nanotechnology so that biospecific nutrients are released in the cells, using crypto so that space colonies can transact from one colony to the next, etc. etc.

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The corrects answer is: "it depends what do you want to see if you are looking at bitcoin". If you want to see bitcoin popular as normal FIAT currency and stop calling it experiment by then? Or maybe you want to see bitcoin reach $1000 price and then it will not be experiment? Or experiment already succeeded and now it is just time for people to see it? I am sure people will have different answers for all that question.

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A Great Time to Start Something!

Quote from: joecooin on March 11, 2015, 09:10:51 PM

Just realised:

having talked about Bitcoin for years now to individuals, media, politics, financial industry and whoever else was interested, I always made sure to make clear that this is an experiment. A very successful experiment (most of the imes) but still an experiment. I did so just like many other early birds to Bitcoin because back then we agreed that this would be a reasonable approach when trying to explain that new technology to people who think we want to sell them a ponzi.

I only just realised that neither have I used the term "experiment" in any presentation or interview in the last at least six months or so anymore nor have I heard anyone else do so.

So: is it not an experiment anymore?

And: when was the moment it stopped being an experiment? Was there one? And if so: which moment was this?

Honestly, just being impressed by the progress this is making and wondering ...

Joe

"A very successful experiment" still matches what I consider the Bitcoin project to be.
The experiment doesn't end until Satoshi comes back to probe our minds and let us tour his spaceship. Cheesy

DannyHamilton

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I'm still calling it an experiment.

I've done so as recently as March 8 (3 days ago).

Quote from: DannyHamilton on March 08, 2015, 11:31:07 PM

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Bitcoin is a an amazing and very interesting experiment. It is still in its infancy and it is impossible to predict what the end result of that experiment will be.
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You're asking when it stopped being an "experiment", but perhaps you should consider when you decided to stop calling it an experiment, and why you made that decision.

joecooin

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Just realised:

having talked about Bitcoin for years now to individuals, media, politics, financial industry and whoever else was interested, I always made sure to make clear that this is an experiment. A very successful experiment (most of the imes) but still an experiment. I did so just like many other early birds to Bitcoin because back then we agreed that this would be a reasonable approach when trying to explain that new technology to people who think we want to sell them a ponzi.

I only just realised that neither have I used the term "experiment" in any presentation or interview in the last at least six months or so anymore nor have I heard anyone else do so.

So: is it not an experiment anymore?

And: when was the moment it stopped being an experiment? Was there one? And if so: which moment was this?

Honestly, just being impressed by the progress this is making and wondering ...

Joe

edit: the question is:
_Is Bitcoin still an experiment or is it already the new paradigm?_

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