I always said “crypto” was self defeating, utility coins make no sense, and the mantra of “you need to diversify” meant they lost before even getting started. They were playing with tech in a game of money.

If you sell yourself on “the tech” then you are easily replaced by the “next tech.” So many people would tell me “CaRdAnO iS tHE bItCoiN kiLLeR” and my thought was always, “no it’s the Ethereum killer, and neither are even half a threat to Bitcoin because you are both thinking about this completely backward.”

The more time goes by the more this will show in the markets.

Anyone can build some software that’s fancier than the last guy’s, but no one can just make a more trustworthy money.

Monetary trust is earned over long periods, slow growth, and hard fought battles. The people who thought this was about “diversifying” and “adding as many cool features as possible” were destined to lose before they even started.

They were boasting about the knives that they brought to a gunfight… they just didn’t know it. nostr:note1f3gq689mjm65l3r69yuueeguexe85u3d2udf0ast83agfkekw2nsa6x438

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I've been thanking about this Satoshi quote lately.

"Bitcoins have no dividend or potential future dividend, therefore not like a stock. More like a collectible or commodity"

On the Antiques Road Show, the experts talk about provenance, the story behind the collectible that validates it's authenticity. Sometimes, someone has an ancient rug that looks amazing. If it was authentic, it would be worth a couple hundred grand, but if it's a copy, it's only worth a few hundred bucks.

My node checks the #bitcoin provenance every ten minutes on average. Here is that provenance:

A pseudonymous person discovered a historic protocol robust enough to create a peer-to-peer electronic cash system with absolute mathematical scarcity. No one knows this person's true identity and he left the project after a couple years.

All shitcoins are knock-offs and my expert node cannot and will not verify this provenance. They keep going down on value like fake-ass fancy rugs. They might be worth a couple hundred sats in the future, but they won't have any serious value.

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We are literally watching Etherium die……

ETH = Everyone’s Trapped Here

I literally went to a Stand With Crypto event last night where they talked about utility coins... and I couldn't help but think how counter productive that is to the global mission.