The problem is, back in 2008, most people used desktop or laptop computers. One of the key ideas of Bitcoin was to let every node have the full chain, this is only possible if everyone has enough disk space. Back in 2008 most people had magnetic hard drives doubling in size every 2 years by Moores law 500GB or 1TB where common.
This would have been enough for the idea of BCH, where block size increase, to keep the fees down and the number of transactions on chain high. Then it happened, most people switched to phones and SSD's arrived, suddenly everyone was okay with just 32GB of storage in a desktop computer, or 8GB - 16GB in a phone. Which means BTC with alternative scaling solutions became a necessity.
Today however, if it wasn't for Chinas fuckery with Taiwan and the chip shortage, SSD's are growing up to multiple TB in size for a reasonable price. Which would have made the original Bitcoin possible again from a scaling perspective.
Perhaps it wasn't all that bad tho, seeing how many alt coins have solved the scaling problem in a whole bunch of creative ways, sharding (Ethereum), dynamic block size (Monero), multiple connected chains (Nano and a few more), and so on.
The problem is, back in 2008, most people used desktop or laptop computers. One of the key ideas of Bitcoin was to let every node have the full chain, this is only possible if everyone has enough disk space. Back in 2008 most people had magnetic hard drives doubling in size every 2 years by Moores law 500GB or 1TB where common.
This would have been enough for the idea of BCH, where block size increase, to keep the fees down and the number of transactions on chain high. Then it happened, most people switched to phones and SSD's arrived, suddenly everyone was okay with just 32GB of storage in a desktop computer, or 8GB - 16GB in a phone. Which means BTC with alternative scaling solutions became a necessity.
Today however, if it wasn't for Chinas fuckery with Taiwan and the chip shortage, SSD's are growing up to multiple TB in size for a reasonable price. Which would have made the original Bitcoin possible again from a scaling perspective.
Perhaps it wasn't all that bad tho, seeing how many alt coins have solved the scaling problem in a whole bunch of creative ways, sharding (Ethereum), dynamic block size (Monero), multiple connected chains (Nano and a few more), and so on.