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Bitcoin has come a long way in a relatively short period, but for some, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has no place in the future of finance. They are convinced the currency will not last much longer. That’s a direct quote from Eswar Prasad, the senior professor of international trade policy at Cornell University. Eswar Prasad Thinks Bitcoin Doesn’t Have Much Going for It Bitcoin first emerged through a whitepaper that was published in the year...

A professor at Cornell University believes that bitcoin can never accomplish all it has set out to do unless it manages to get past three big hindrances. According to Eswar Prasad, professor of economics at the educational institution, bitcoin still suffers from several flaws that are preventing it from being stronger than many of its altcoin cousins. Eswar Prasad: BTC Still Has a Way to Go In an interview, Prasad points to the idea that bitcoin mining is extremely...