I have a question for Bitcoin fans. This is the opening sentence of the abstract from the original Bitcoin paper:
"A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution." [1]
In the Bitcoin community is that vision basically dead? As here, all of the action seems to be through financial institutions.
"A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution." [1]
In the Bitcoin community is that vision basically dead? As here, all of the action seems to be through financial institutions.
[1] https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf