The American West and Bitcoin's Future

When we think about the American West now from our current standpoint, we think of 1840 as ridiculously early. Anyone who made that journey that early in 1840 or so. And what follows after 1840 for the American West is, you know, the Civil War happens,. The push to have a transcontinental railroad, which is finally completed 1870 or so somewhere around there. Suddenly the West is accessible to anyone. You don't have to have a covered wagon and take all the massive risk of like a three month journey or six month journey. Now you can do it in relative comfort and cheaper - even though a train ticket is expensive, it's cheaper than having to commission a wagon train.