ugh, in my mind there are two types of crypto people. Those who see promise and wish to build something, and those who wanna milk this shit for all it is worth. Of course like anything in life there is an infinite scale between the two types which encompass every possible variation of the two, but if ya gotta boil it down and bastardize it, two types.
Bitcoin gained popularity due to the silk road. I am fairly convinced in my mind that if the black market didn't adopt bitcoin, it never would have taken off. Supply and demand man. Drugs are always in demand, obtaining them is difficult, if you have a way to facilitate obtainment, that method becomes valuable. No one has to like it, or agree with it, but the fact is that silk road helped bitcoin immensely. If ya consider that, and you look at how Uno has been doing, it is stellar. I'll keep bitching about that, because that is the catalyst to making Uno explode. The liquidity between Uno and precious metals, but really, any commodity. It doesn't matter which, sugar, potatoes, corn, gas, silver, gold, uranium, what ever. That cements Uno into being something real, something concrete. I would rather NOT see a fiat pairing and would like to see a silver pairing. It would be unique #1, and even more so, silver is real, not tied to any fiat, which gives it more strength imo. Silver, or any precious metal, even copper, is tied to fiat already, so indirectly it happens. I know it is currently happening in a lot of ways here, but my little dream scenario is some daddy Warbucks figure steps in with enough silver to back about half the total supply of uno, or enough capital to purchase enough pm when the demand for it occurs. They would step in because silver is awesome and everything, but it is still a pain in the ass to use. Yeah, you can actually make stuff with it, which is cool. Trying to turn it into cash money though that is accepted at other places, you are taking a hit on it converting it. At least if you could trade it to someone for Uno and not lose, and cash out to fiat, it might be cheaper. I dunno, drunk and ranting, woo. They would step in though to obtain Uno to be able to utilize it's function. It is like a Western Union without stupid fees and such. Any crypto is, but none of them seem to target that market. I don't get that. I think money transfer like that with much much lower fees has a market. Think about how hard it is to get money to someone a couple hundred miles away, without paying out the ass for the "convenience". The only real issue is compliance with laundering laws and such. Bitcoin would also make the most sense for that use, if someone just marketed it correctly. The block chain is a permanent log so i can't imagine it being too hard to stick with the current laws. Customer comes into the store, wants to send money to so and so, the store is the gateway between fiat and crypto for the customer. Customer gives shop owner cash, gets crypto of their choice to send to what ever party. Wallets are logged, transaction id's are logged, everything is on the up and up. In theory it should work.
I do agree with the idea of specialization. I have always sorta thought that has been some type of unwritten rule. It makes a lot of sense, can't be good at everything, but if ya get really good at one thing, and join powers, everyone becomes that much stronger. Socialism with a strong focus on individuality? I don't even know how to classify that perspective. You get to thrive doing what you do best, while being supported by others who do the things you aren't so great at better, and helping to support them with the things they aren't so hot at. Seems like if life just worked that way, we would all be winning, can't have that though, although maybe crypto will allow for it since it isn't controlled by "Them", at least not yet anyway.
Uno's specialization is:
The crypto that doesn't charge you to hodl it lol