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The disruptive technologies improve at a faster pace than the needs of the users.Computers, phones and even the Internet were dropped in a home, such as toys.Why do I need a computer if I have a typewriter? What is the e-mail if I use fax? Why do we need cell phones if they are found in all parts of public phones? In the years 90 these questions were common, and reasonable, since the technologies in vogue to satisfy our more immediate needs. After 30 years, we can ensure that the work and personal life has improved considerably thanks to the introduction of these inventions.It is difficult today to imagine a life without smart phones, computers or Internet access. These technologies have enabled us to communicate more easily, access to new information instantly and generate new forms of recreation. What we are today we owe in part to the interaction that we have with these products.However, our way of thinking and to appreciate the advances technology has not changed. It is not strange to listen to at family gatherings, social networks or even in the mouth of experts in lagoon field this question: what am I going to have bitcoins if there are national currencies or the gold? We are facing a deja-vu, isn’t it? Therefore, according to the academic and business consultant, Clay Christensen, this is an evil that afflicts all the disruptive technologies.
What happens with so disruptive that it takes to arrive?
In his article Disruptive Technologies: catching the wave, ” Christensen points out that some technological advances are updated at a rate much greater than the needs of their users. The academic plan proposes to look at products as processes. In this sense, at the time of its launch it may be that a technology is not accessible to the entire population, that its characteristics are misunderstood or that your proposal does not solve problems on the spot.Chris Dixon, investor and co-founder of Hunch, notes that the nature of the disruptive technologies makes the Internet economy change radically every decade. The leading companies of 10 years ago may no longer exist today or have been relegated for proposals that initially were not taken seriously. There are few exceptions.In the 80s, only a few software engineers had their own computers at home. 10 years after the computer was a common good and very popular. Source: andrea / stock.adobe.com”The reason that the new large-scale escabullan of the headlines is that the next big thing always starts out being dismissed as a toy,” says Dixon, based on the approach of Christensen. For example, the first phone could only transmit voices to two or three kilometres away, for which the company Wester Union decided not to buy it for lack of utility in the rail system. Although, in principle, the invention was discarded, because it appeared to be how a toy, with the passing of the years became one of the most important advances of the last century.Christensen stresses that the key to success is in how fast you can improve technology and how versatile it is before the changes. If a product can improve constantly, can be made more useful to the eyes of the users.
Bitcoin is catching the wave
Bitcoin emerged as a secret 10 years ago. A small group of users on Reddit, the Deep Web and the cypherpunks were aware of its launch in 2009. In the subsequent years began to arise mining companies, startups, and houses of change. The emergence of new sources of labor confirmed that Bitcoin was ceasing to be an invention marginalized and unknown to 2012.The ecosystem was growing without a doubt. However, for a good part of the society Bitcoin was (and still is) a toy made to the extent of the criptoanarquistas. A crazy dream, a utopian, someone who takes a long time outdated and suffers from paranoia state. In short, Bitcoin does not seem to offer a solution to a need in tangible. After all, gold continues to meet to this day their function of shelter and the coins fiducidiarias, of exchange of value.So, what offers Bitcoin? Seem to me to be this technology is a step gained toward the future, as it has advance to a need that many may not yet identify. In the society in which we live, the authorities have lost credibility and the personal information is used as a weapon. Because of this, privacy and transparency are goods, each time more precious. Yes, Bitcoin can be used for the shelter of value and is also a coin; but its strong point is in its ability to offer transparency and privacy that do not reach other systems of exchange value.Still a way to say that Bitcoin really changed the rules of the game and revolutionized the way in which we live. Still many people do not consider it an invention important, but with the passing of the years, more and more companies and universities agree that it is worth to investigate on the development of cryptocurrencies. The adoption of Bitcoin can be unstoppable if the community is committed to doing things well, and if you bet by to improve your running. Projects such as Lightning Network and the exchanges of hiroshima and nagasaki, as well as the development of purses more resistant and easy-to-use, allow for greater adoption and utility of Bitcoin. There is the key to success.Disclaimer: the views and opinions expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Breaking News.