Running a full node seems to only take about 18GiB unless I'm not really running a full node. The block DAG thing sounds great. The (alleged?) lack of pre-mine is good. The lack of custodial crap seems OK. I don't know the technical details. I just recall seeing a note from nostr:npub163gcvh4dwwqm4yp2y7355tu9s7e6pzmqlcl3p78m7vm52fq7ej9s0g40f6 about it sometime back and noticed it is atypical in that it appears to solve scalability (like, orders of magnitude scalability) without compromising on a bunch of other stuff. I'm curious about the negative feedack you receive here other than "because it's not Bitcoin it's a shitcoin." Just because the vast majority of coins are shit doesn't mean every single one of them is garbage.
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The Cult of Bitcoin is a great heuristic, but a poor dogma. So far it seems fine from what I've read, but it's sort of a moot point because I think it is basically true that bitcoin has already won in the category of cryptographic money.
Ron Paul said in like 2009 "the dollar is done" then something like "what will replace it?" and that is the question. I originally thought Bitcoin could replace the dollar after seeing the whitepaper. Now I think if the dollar is abandoned in the next few years I doubt Bitcoin can replace it. Bitcoin is great for intermittent, substantial, long-distance, cross-jurisdiction, low-speed, online payments. As long as it is useful it will be valuable and I'll keep using it. I don't want custodial stuff. The original sin of money today is rooted in custody. If gold was hijacked by custodial solutions, why wouldn't Bitcoin be hijacked by custodial solutions? Anyway, yeah, Bitcoin could still potentially replace the dollar, but I think when the dollar collapses, I doubt Bitcoin is the replacement unless some major breakthrough happens. Some altcoins might rise to meet the challenge, likely altcoins that actually aim at the becoming that replacement. I think the most likely scenario is a handful of market monies competing with whatever the authorities propose.
Difficult questions. I do think bitcoin can replace the dollar today, but not without custody. Unfortunately, it seems like we might be going that direction (at least based on Saylor pushing the "store of value" argument independent of payments). This is good for keeping governments honest, but only marginally better than gold. We need good payment technology ASAP to keep what's good about bitcoin from being captured.
I assume gold, silver, and maybe copper will replace cash at most places that only accept cash in the dollar time. Meanwhile Bitcoin, doggie coin, and monero will replace debit and credit cards.