Never in history has the first technology took off.
Web browsers, computers, OS, search engines.
I would have bet my life on BTC failing and an altcoin taking over. Now I'm stuck with all these bags, as BTC is going to hit 5k
>>3064643
Implying Bitcoin was the first attempt...
>>3064682
What came before then?
>>3064687
Peter Theil
what about BGP? what about SNMP? what about SMTP? what about TCP/IP? Protocols are different than companies. Crypto is not a company but more of a protocol.
>>3064643
>those search engines
>i remember them
Best to worst:
1. Altavista
2. Lycos
3. Hotbot
4. Ask Jeeves
5. Excite
6. Webcrawler
All were surpassed by Inktomi, and eventually Google.
>>3066166
I only knew askjeeves