text: The Big Difference Between Bitcoin and MySpace - The Crypto Daily News
  Bitcoin is certainly on the ropes as of late. The worth is properly off its highs. Elon Musk has been trashing it. Lots of people are getting ETH-Pilled (now we have an episode of "Odd Lots" later this week concerning the enthusiasm for decentralized finance on the Ethereum blockchain). And now my co-host Tracy Alloway has written about how Bitcoin could possibly be the following AOL or MySpace. The fundamental gist is that whereas being the primary mover is nice, historical past exhibits that if one thing comes alongside that's higher, then that first-mover benefit can solely get you up to now.
  And clearly now could be the time when persons are speaking about a greater Bitcoin. Maybe a greater Bitcoin could possibly be greener and cheaper and sooner. Maybe a greater Bitcoin may do extra stuff, like make it simpler to put in writing sensible contracts or launch aspect tokens that journey upon the core blockchain's safety.
  But there's a fairly large distinction between Bitcoin and MySpace or AOL. MySpace and AOL had particular product objectives. MySpace wished to attach you with your folks, which was nice, however Facebook got here alongside and provided a greater approach to join with your folks. AOL provided an onramp to the web, however then different providers additionally provided a simple web onramp, whereas additionally giving customers entry to a wider vary of providers exterior of AOL's notorious walled backyard.
  This may sound bizarre, however Bitcoin doesn't actually have additional aspirations. Well, its aspiration is mainly to exist for a very long time and be a predictable, dependable retailer of worth. When your solely aspiration is simply to exist for a very long time, it's laborious to be supplanted. For one factor, as a result of Bitcoin was the primary of the cryptocurrencies, it is going to be a mathematical impossibility for an additional crypto to be round longer. Bitcoin additionally has a protracted historical past of not altering its guidelines or code in a big means, partially as a result of its primary figurehead, Satoshi, has departed. Other common cash have dwelling leaders with important affect on the roadmap. And once more, extra importantly, different common cash aspire to issues.
  Blockchains, for instance, which can be optimized for sensible contracts and distributed computing are in danger from, say, one other sooner platform for sensible contracts and distributed computing. It's inconceivable to know. A blockchain that's optimized for vitality effectivity could possibly be supplanted by a sequence that's much more vitality environment friendly.
  A decade is hardly something within the scope of financial historical past, so who is aware of what the way forward for Bitcoin can be. But in that point, the foundations have been fairly secure. And extra importantly it's survived, despite being declared dead hundreds of times. It can be a problem for a coin to come back alongside and match it on that longevity and stability.