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Still doesn't mean crypto is like steam, nor that it will ever have any practical application
I'm sure the ancient Greeks said similar things about their steam pinwheels.
you know, the fact that they were right sort of undermines your argument, Hero's engine really diden't amount to anything outside a fun curio for wealthy aristocrats, modern steam engines are not based on this invention, the modern steam engine comes from early pressure-cooking