Rankin: Changing concepts of money inherently slows cryptocurrency adoption
Justin Rankin · Why Credit Cards Took 35 Years — And Crypto Won't · Jan 26, 2021 · at 14:38
Justin Rankin of ARK.io analyzes why consumer adoption of new monetary systems takes decades compared to consumer hardware technologies.
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“So when you change the way money works, then it takes people a little bit longer to catch up in general, in my opinion, from what I've observed in articles and other things. So it makes sense that cryptocurrency can take longer than usual for people to adapt to the new way that money works According to cryptocurrencies.”
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