It's been almost 17 years
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Early as fuck lol
In 500 years it will be a different story
We are at the very beginning
A lot needs to happen to get this project to the 500 year mark
I disagree 100 percent
Nothing needs to happen bro
No human action required?
Yea I mean humans use and need money
But it was very recently discovered/ invented
To my point of being extremely early
We are already doing it
Why are less people running nodes today then there were in 2017
I don’t have all the answers
That’s what the hashtag #asknostr is for
I think eventually the full nodes will be built into Wi-Fi router boxes
Actually start 9 is already doing that…
So on a long enough time scale
Probably every household that has internet will by default run a full node
I think you're right. Moors law doesn't stop at physical hardware - if the cost of everything falls forever, then there's just no reason not to have all the important stuff.
It’s not a project lol
IMO to increase the nr of nodes we need a tech breakthrough or more urgency. Nodes on mini PCs are great but it can only scale so far due to perceived need/tech ability/the hassle of it/education. If nodes served another purpose, that would help. What I mean is - look at ASICs also serving as home heaters, driving the upswing in home mining. It's the dual purpose, to the average pleb, that makes mining scale in a new way. What dual purpose can nodes have? I have no idea. Another point: ETFs and exchanges reduce the need for ppl to verify by running their own node. So the natural forces are working against it. Perhaps if an ETF blew up and no one got their BTC, then that would create some urgency. Random thoughts...
Good things take time. 17 years isn't that long for changing the way the world exchanges.