In 1973, the U.S. military built GPS to track submarines. For decades, the technology sat idle — hobbled by politics, then ignored by the market. It took the iPhone, thirty years later, to give those satellite signals somewhere to land. The result was Uber, Google Maps, and a revolution nobody predicted.

The GPS satellites haven't changed in fifty years. Everything around them did.

Bitcoin has been broadcasting since 2009. Is it still waiting for its iPhone moment?

Episode 2 of Bitcoin Is Not Finished.

Infographic and full essay available at bitcoingeekend.com