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Other => Politics & Society => Topic started by: fgordillo on July 28, 2015, 12:40:06 PM



Title: On the Bitcoin cognitive dissonance
Post by: fgordillo on July 28, 2015, 12:40:06 PM
Interesting article on why its so difficult to explain bitcoin and when it'll go mainstream...

"On Bitcoin Cognitive Dissonance"
http://www.theblockchaininfo.com/on-the-bitcoin-cognitive-dissonance/


Title: Re: On the Bitcoin cognitive dissonance
Post by: notbatman on July 28, 2015, 05:42:38 PM
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Title: Re: On the Bitcoin cognitive dissonance
Post by: Spendulus on July 28, 2015, 07:42:37 PM
Interesting article on why its so difficult to explain bitcoin and when it'll go mainstream...

"On Bitcoin Cognitive Dissonance"
http://www.theblockchaininfo.com/on-the-bitcoin-cognitive-dissonance/

I have to disagree with this for some simple reasons. 

If someone asked us to explain the US dollar, it would be equally complicated.  It is simply that we don't do that - we just use it.

Now if someone asked to use bitcoin, wouldn't the answer be fairly simple?