Quote from: BitcoinBobbeh on March 04, 2014, 03:21:04 AM

Quote from: BldSwtTrs on March 04, 2014, 01:23:34 AM

I think it's one of the five biggest technological achievement of human history in its consequences (it's on the same level as stuff like agriculture, alphabet, internal combustion engine. Even computers and Internet are outclassed.)

Really? You think it outclasses computers and the internet? And the idea of free speech? Maybe space travel? Heart transplants? Machines that BREATHE for people?

Bitcoin is a good thing. However- if you think it's one of the very most important inventions by mankind, you would legitimately be the creep I don't talk to at a party.

Well, that makes you like most people. God, I wish people would talk to me at parties, but no one will!

Anyway, While all the things you said above are important innovations, and while I can't say that bitcoin itself beats the idea of free speech it's an important step, not to be underestimated. (Was free speech invented in our lifetime, btw? I think not, obviously) This is less about "bitcoin" and more about the idea of decenterlized store of value/medium of exchange free of government and on a global scale. It's the first "global" medium of exchange, and if this idea takes off, it can make a massive difference in the world, especially the less develeoped world where the people and their wealth (or lack thereof) are subject to the whims of a short term and corrupt government. If bitcoin were to take hold in these locations, we might see a dramtic change that could equal lives saved (from starvation, fewer wealth based wars, etc). We shall see what the future holds, but don't underestimate the important of this innovation on a conceptual level.