Quote from: cryptosize on Today at 01:40:43 PM

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Back in 2003 many people didn't even have ADSL, they were stuck in dial-up (even in the US). Therefore it was not a good time to release Bitcoin (even if it was ready).

A few years ago, some data showed that as many as 265 000 households in the US used dial-up internet, and although that number is certainly lower today, some still have super slow internet. I think many live in the illusion that the entire US looks like downtown New York or some big city, when in fact there are parts of the country where everything looks like time stopped 50 or more years ago.

I don't believe that Satoshi was waiting for some internet revolution to happen to let the genie out of the bottle - it just happened at the moment when everything was ready. In addition, even today around 35-40% of people in the world do not have access to the Internet, and 15 years ago this percentage was significantly higher.

Quote from: https://www.howtogeek.com/890520/how-many-people-in-the-us-are-still-using-dial

By 2019, Census estimates put dial-up internet use at around 0.2% of households, meaning as of 2019, at least 265,000 people in the U.S. were still using dial-up for home internet access. This cratering of dial-up subscribers found in the Census data is also reflected in survey data from National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Dial-up internet usage has been below 1% since sometime in 2015.[/size]

Quote from: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/personal-finance/millions-lack-broadband-access/

Currently, some 42 million Americans have no access to broadband, according to Broadband Now, a data technology company.