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These are all secondary though. The original, base-level reason Bitcoin has value is that perfect record-keeping has value and energy has value, and the exchange of energy for perfect record-keeping can only be settled in bitcoins.
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a source familiar with the matter 2y ago

Why not some other crypto?

For example, take Bitcoin, change the code to recognize a new Genesis block, make no other changes and bam - Bitcoin 2, with exactly the same properties as Bitcoin.

Obviously this cannot have value or Bitcoin is not really scarce. But every *objective* argument for Bitcoin applies fully to Bitcoin 2. Only temperamental arguments about the pre-existing network effect (and the like) can distinguish them.

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๐–‹๐–Ž๐–†๐–™๐–‰๐–Š๐–“๐–Ž๐–Š๐–— (ยฏ`โ—•โ€ฟโ—•ยดยฏ) 2y ago

You mean like BCH, BSV and countless other forks? I have a feeling you are one of them people buying fake Louis bags in Chinatown. ๐Ÿ˜†

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a source familiar with the matter 2y ago

I thought they changed something functional?