Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has said cryptocurrency is entering a period of rapid technological growth, comparing the development of blockchain with earlier advances in nuclear technology, the internet and artificial intelligence.

Speaking at the United Nations, Hoskinson explained that exponential technologies can appear to develop slowly at first before their impact increases much faster.

“Exponential technologies are counterintuitive in that very little does something, a little bit more does everything,” Hoskinson said.

Hoskinson Compares Crypto With the Internet

Hoskinson said the internet was another major example of exponential technology because it changed how quickly people could communicate and access information.

He noted…