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0 pointstialaramex3y ago0 comments

By 1989 the Internet's primary applications are email, Usenet news, and the file transfer protocol. Those may not seem like much today, but they're a big deal in 1989.

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JonathanBeuys3y ago

In crypto, there are payments, store of value, decentralized exchanges, smart contracts, NFTs, DAOs...

I tend to think crypto is used more already than the internet was in 1989?

shakna3y ago

Minitel was almost universal in France by '89. It might not be the WorldWideWeb, but it was around.

It had instant messaging, 24hr news, business listings, public databases (similar to wikis), online shopping, prostitution, dating services, online games, public transport ticketing, forums, online payment system, and over 25mil individual people using it on a daily basis.

Apart from the customers, it had all of that from _day one_.

noSyncCloud3y ago

Comparing the internet to crypto is like comparing roads to clown cars.

They are entirely different classes of technology and the second would be completely useless without the first, so like to like comparisons are meaningless.

tatersolid3y ago

Aren’t clown cars usually driven off road? (Stages, circus tents)

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