[brendanw]

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=raiblocks https://www.statista.com/statistics/268225/countries-with-th...

You do not see it because you likely fall outside of the demographic of cryptocurrency first users: businesses and citizens in countries facing hyperinflation, black markets, gambling, porn users seeking anonymity, legal pot businesses in the west cut-off from traditional banking in the west, legal porn businesses cut-off from traditional banking in the west.

Bear in mind there is a lag in adoption of the best technology. Just 4-5 months ago bitcoin was still the dominant currency on darknet markets, now it is monero.

[sireat]

See, I remember the huge growth in merchant adoption in 2013 for Bitcoin and how for a moment in time Bitcoin was useful as a currency. I actually used Bitcoin back then from my 2011 minings.

Now I agree that there is a niche for Monero in black markets.

Then there should be a huge opportunity for some crypto currency to take over Bitcoin in the role as a medium of exchange for general public.

Thus it really irks me that I am not seeing these supposedly revolutionary crypto currencies attempt to do anything useful.

Why doesn't any cryptocurrency focus on usability for a regular audience first?