Fully agree with your sentiment. Not trying to argue Bitcoin will succeed.
But it's very clear that it is interesting. It essentially solved globally consistent distributed naming and non-web-of-trust PKI on the side, and almost no one noticed.
But it's very clear that it is interesting. It essentially solved globally consistent distributed naming and non-web-of-trust PKI on the side, and almost no one noticed.
Where the asterisk means that it has not yet stood the test of time. It seems like a solution, but none of us should be quite sure yet that it actually works as advertised.