Bitcoin is an amazing technology that captured the imaginations of many people. Various individuals were stunned at the idea that mathematical algorithms could form the basis of our money, rather than central bankers and corrupt politicians, as is normally the way today. People were seduced by the idea of sending value around the world in a matter of minutes, a currency uncontrolled and uncontrollable by authority, and sending micropayments to websites to read their articles - instead of having to tolerate clickbait content beholden to advertisers. Bitcoin has delivered on some of those promises, however, it's 8 years on and it still seems to be far from mainstream adoption.
If we take a step back from the hype and the dream of Bitcoin - still alive in the minds of many of us - we can see that Bitcoin has a few key problems. The main problem is, it's too hard to use. People have to use long addresses which look like computer errors, to know the right transaction fee to send their cash or risk their transaction being at the back of a queue of 80,000, they have to generate new addresses for security, make paper wallets or buy a Trezor if they really want to be secure - and if they lose their wallet, or get hacked, they might just lose their life's savings. Does that sound like a currency which is ready for mass adoption?
Now, I don't know any digital currency which is ready for mass adoption - but I do know one which might be close. Dash "Digital Cash" is a currency which started in 2014, and the team is actively working on the problem of user experience, devising a system where people can log-in from any computer with a username and password, send currency using something like looks like a name, have their money secured while still retaining control, and not worry about losing their retirement fund just because they misplaced their private keys. Even now, Dash has the functionality of instant payments, and of private payments.
In this short episode, Kurt presents the case of why Dash might reach mass adoption before Bitcoin. Join me in another paradigm-shattering, central-banker-unseating, digital revolution episode of ... The Paradise Paradox!
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