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> But there are shortcomings right now that need to be addressed.

And there were (and still are, decades later) shortcomings of the Internet and the World Wide Web that need to be addressed.

Whether Bitcoin ends up being the HTTP or the Gopher of this metaphor is yet to be seen, but seeing the overwhelming benefits of cryptographic blockchains in general for a lot of different uses, cryptocurrency is most likely here to stay.