• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    It doesn’t work as a currency. It “works” as a speculative investment in that the bubble hasn’t yet popped.

    But, what if the bubble doesn’t actually pop, and the prices remain at the current levels, more or less, for another couple of decades. If that happens, will cryptocurrencies be seen to “work”?

    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      I think i made a mistake by using the market cap as evidence that it works, because this just shows people believe it is valuable. Not that it works.

      What I mean is that the technology is mature and adopted by a large number of independent users. However, it doesn’t yet have mass adoption because the user experience is not yet seamlessly integrated into legacy systems.