is it the other way around compared to the western world—more a medium of exchange than a store of value?

stableshitcoins have the advantages of bitcoin—plus the fake stability—without the need to change one's mindset: how do you overcome such a comparative advantage as the risks of "stables" are more long term and dollar is imo a familiar synonymum for better money there? how difficult is it to explain the principles, and how successful is it?

is it more fedi or cashu (if anyone uses any ecash ofc)?

is there any use for the waste heat from asics?