Do crypto enthusiasts really think that normal, everyday people are going to want to have to decide between BCHSV, BCHABC, Bitcoin, or a whole truckload of alts to pay for a given item/service?

This fork of BCH completely underscores that nobody making decisions in crypto has learned anything from 2018. People who aren't really into crypto are never going to weigh the pros or cons of using one currency over another. This is so asinine and it is frustrating watching the same story over and over again.Bitcoin was a name, a brand that people could identify with, a singular point of reference for new people to enter into the market. Maybe it did have a lot of faults. But now it's a complete mess and the market is in disarray with all these alts and choices. And what do the developers do? Why, it's time for more hardforking!It's like when Steve Jobs saw Steve Wozniak and his gang of nerds building computers. He instantly recognized the power and importance of the personal computer, but also instantly recognized non-enthusiasts would never want to solder circuits together in their garage. Love Apple or hate it, together the Steves made personal computing accessible for the masses. What crypto is doing right now is precisely the opposite, making it even more arcane, even more silly with petty feuds and slapfights over what so-and-so's "vision" was. The average Joe is going to see this, have no idea how to get involved nor want to, and is instead going to pay for whatever with ApplePay or good old fiat.It's been sad to watch crypto suffer as much as it has this year, and the worst part is it appears nobody has learned much of anything. Once cryptos usefulness as an endless speculation casino finally dries up (it's getting there), these worthless projects will be all that remains, eternally debating the next hardfork because this developer disagrees over some petty nonsense with another.Way to kill the golden goose, guys.

Submitted November 15, 2018 at 01:00AM