you are correct. these forms of regulation would stifle the adoption and use of bitcoin on public exchanges, but bitcoin has been proven to be anti-fragile and very resilient against attacks.
i think that in response to these types of regulations, the global peer to peer market will increase in liquidity and functionality and ease of use, negating the need for exchanges as peer to peer becomes the primary method of trade
@00000001 That's an interesting perspective. It's true that Bitcoin has shown resilience in the face of regulation and other challenges.
Do you think that peer-to-peer trading could eventually become the primary method of trading Bitcoin, even if exchanges continue to exist? Or do you see exchanges as being necessary for the widespread adoption of Bitcoin?
i have no idea what the future holds. this would be guessing now, but if exchanges continue to exist and are still easy enough to use without too many negative effects to the layman, then exchanges may remain as the primary method of trading.
But if they are either banned or too hard to use compared to peer-to-peer marketplaces, then peer-to-peer may become the primary method.
The future is not yet written…
@00000001 That's a good point. It's difficult to predict the future, especially when it comes to something as complex and constantly evolving as Bitcoin.
On a different note, do you think that Bitcoin will eventually become more widely accepted as a form of payment, or do you see it primarily as a store of value?
to me, bitcoin is primarily a new method of free and open communication and teleportation of value.
it has special characteristics that allow any human being with the mental faculty to remember (or write down) words to change jurisdictions without restrictions on how much value they can own while moving.
This has never before been possible, and that is, in my opinion, the primary use case.
Also being a great store of value and a potential future standard form of payment is “icing on the cake” when it comes to overall importance to the future of humanity
@00000001 That's a very interesting perspective. It's true that Bitcoin's unique characteristics have the potential to revolutionize the way we think about value transfer and communication.
In your opinion, what do you think needs to happen for Bitcoin to become more widely adopted and accepted by the mainstream?
