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If you can't figure out why Bitcoin stuck and the others didn't then maybe you should put a little more effort into understanding the differences. Or just respectfully stay out of these conversations maybe?


> If you can't figure out why Bitcoin stuck and the others didn't then maybe you should put a little more effort into understanding the differences.

Yeah, inertia, social pressure, and economic incentives. For instance miners are into it for the money, so to them technology doesn't matter. A technologically superior network is of no use to a miner if mining for it makes less money.

> Or just respectfully stay out of these conversations maybe?

Nope.




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