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		j2kun on Aug 9, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fat Protocols Is this a fair comparison? How long did it take before the Internet got its first application whose market cap exceeded the cost of the protocol? Have we given blockchain technology long enough to mature?

jmonegro on Aug 9, 2016 [–]

The difference here is that you can have a stake in the protocol itself by purchasing the token whereas you couldn't do that with the web protocols.

Imagine an HTTPCoin in 1995: how would it's price be affected by the constant stream of web IPOs?

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