Quote from: BruceFenton on January 09, 2017, 09:10:00 PM

Well it's not purely a Bitcoin event it's a blockchain event -- Satoshi invented the blockchain -- but having said that it's still overwhelmingly Bitcoin companies -- more of them than all the others combined.

I think it's pretty rare that people want to commercialize Bitcoin at the expense of its principles....I sure don't. I think things like onramps and wallets and exchanges are GOOD for Bitcoin. Not sure what kind of vision you'd have for Bitcoin or what kind of adoption we'd see with no Bitpay, no exchanges, no wallets etc.

satoshi didnt invent the blockchain.
satoshi patched together lots of peoples different idea's which were invented as far back as the 1970's into a beautiful, functional and and fluid concept that works.

blockchain concept has been around prior to 2008. just not with all the 'add-ons' satoshi brought together to make bitcoin what it is.

as for my opinion of commercialisation. i mean corrupting, inhibiting, and messing with bitcoins mainnet to cause people to use commercial (middlemen) as the ONLY solution..

yes have commercial services on the sidelines as VOLUNTARY services.. but not to cripple/holdback bitcoins mainnet to incentivise people into commercial services