[LINK] 4 Things to tell a Bitcoin Skeptic

[Kim Holburn]

> On 2018/Jan/03, at 10:57 AM, Hamish Moffatt <hamish at cloud.net.au> wrote:
> 
> On 02/01/18 15:10, Kim Holburn wrote:
>> https://medium.com/@mikeland86/4-things-to-tell-a-bitcoin-skeptic-6d6a46fe0fe8
>> 
>>> The voices claiming Bitcoin is the next big thing or the biggest asset bubble in history are as loud as ever.
>>> Skeptic #1: It’s the Blockchain, stupid
> 
> https://hackernoon.com/ten-years-in-nobody-has-come-up-with-a-use-case-for-blockchain-ee98c180100

An interesting article which makes many valid points.  I'm not sure I agree with all of it though.  Many of his points apply to various other forms of money today as well.

> nobody went out and did a survey about whether most credit card users would be willing to give up their frequent flyer miles in return for also losing the ability to dispute a transaction


The ability to dispute transactions is a good point but bitcoin doesn't have loyalty card options?  Really?

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