Failed early internet businesses seem awfully familiar.
> I basically think all the ideas of the 90s that everybody had about how this stuff was going to work, I think they were all right, they were all correct. I think they were just early — @pmarca
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There were lots of attempts to build digital currencies before Bitcoin: DigiCash ('89), Beenz (98), Flooz (99), e-gold (98), 1mdc (01), e-Bullion (01). Some even tried to anonymously create underground (Tor only) currencies like eCache (2007).pic.twitter.com/rGb77rLTtV
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http://Pets.com an early example of a Amazon hard fork.
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most of the other apps had smartphones as the key difference- what’s the main difference here? Copying Amazon?
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Similarly, Webvan was a notorious failure, but - how was their business model any different from Fresh Direct's?
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