The cryptocurrency bubble is strangling innovation?
&gt; It remains an open question whether even much, much lower fees would be viable in the long run.<p>The problem is not fees rather usability. If today I speak to a layman about bitcoin he is confused. It doesn&#x27;t help that people start talking about hardware wallets, multisigs, Segwit etc. Most of those guys find that using cryptocurrency is a pain and want to stick to real money. Yes, it doesn&#x27;t stop them from speculating by putting some money in these coins.<p>One thing has to be noted, while there is a constant parallel drawn with dot com people forget that there was at least 7-8 years head start for a layman to understand &quot;internet&quot;. There has been no run up here, things have just exploded.