A banknote printing press is the machine that prints the US dollar. But do we call the machine money? No. The same applies to Bitcoin. Bitcoin is money. The Bitcoin blockchain is the technology behind it, but it’s not money, it’s just the machine. Over time, sure we’ll upgrade the technology, make it better, and even adapt to quantum 50 yrs from now. But Bitcoin itself will remain the same: the money.

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Do you reckon we'll have to hard fork to allow for smaller units than sats some time in the not-too-distant future?

No, the changes I'm talking about are the ones that are absolutely necessary.