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by JumpCrisscross 3048 days ago
> Internet was a "solution in search of a problem" too

Eh, the history of ARPANET involved practical use cases (i.e. communication between specific institutions and ballistic missile defense coordination) from the start [1]. If one includes circuit switches, i.e. the telegraph/telephone system, as a blueprint Internet then the practical application reaches back earlier.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET#Creation

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And Bitcoin doesn't have a practical use case?
Please elaborate?