I loved the idea and for a couple of years I was using Bitcoin as a currency whenever I could. I even sold some speakers to someone over 1000 miles away on Craigslist once since they were willing pay me in BTC in advance.
At this point though, and really for the last 3-4 years or so, it’s fairly useless as a currency and it’s an environmental nightmare.
I work for a small company while my wife works for a large corporation. She makes more than I do, but I work less hours and don't have to deal with the politics.
Mechanical watches, think Rolexes, have smooth second hand movements but they are acutally still ticking, just about 6 times a second. The Apple Watch, on the other hand, has a second hand with 60 ticks per second so that the second hand is about 10 times smoother.
So I guess you don't use any Apache licensed products at work either? Since the only reason Facebook added the PATENTS file is to keep the new BSD license in line with their old Apache license. http://www.apache.org/licenses/
At this point though, and really for the last 3-4 years or so, it’s fairly useless as a currency and it’s an environmental nightmare.