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So, to suggest that the crypto market cap could go from $100 billion to $100 trillion in 10 years is certainly a bit crazy. But it might not be fair to completely dismiss it all together since something similarly crazy literally just happened over the past 5 years and I offered an explanation for what mechanisms could contribute to such a rise simply if global GDP responds to a communications breakthrough in a way similar to what has already occurred a few times in the past.
Perfect counterpoint 1: Electricity. Unarguably more fundamental than the encrypted public ledger - it is the ability to have the power to do work instantly anywhere. One of the greatest revolutions in the history of the planet. Didn't make us suddenly go vertical in 10 years like you're suggesting
Counterpoint 2: Telegraph and telephone. Instant communications anywhere. A communications and knowledge revolution. Didn't make us suddenly go vertical in 10 years like you're suggesting or even 50 years
Counterpoint 3: Computers. One of the greatest revolutions of all time; offloaded work to reliable machines, enabled calculations and simulations and data storage and processing impossible for humans, moving forward everything from medicine to architecture to basic science to manufacturing to flow modeling in pipes. Increased the intelligent computing and data analysis capacity of the human race many times. Didn't make us suddenly go vertical in 10 years like you're suggesting or even 50 years
Counterpoint 4: The Internet...but I think you get the idea.
The idea that BlockChain will be the key to explosive economic growth, after all of these fantastic and fundamental revolutions, and moreover, will do more than any of them in a period of 10 years and multiply GDP, is nonsensical. Maybe a sophisticated troll; if so, bravo.