Ok so the white paper simply describes how Bitcoin works. It makes no recommendations on use. “Cash” just means money (bitcoins) A digital bearer instrument that can saved or spent without permission. How people decide to use that instrument (saving/spending) is their own business

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NoooOoo it says p2p caaash not gold you can't saaaave it otherwise it's just digital gold. lmao

Oh no not digital gold 😱

Who would have thought of that?

“As a thought experiment, imagine there was a base metal as scarce as gold but with the following properties:

• ⁠boring grey in colour

• ⁠not a good conductor of electricity

• ⁠not particularly strong, but not ductile or easily malleable either

• ⁠not useful for any practical or ornamental purpose

and one special, magical property:

• ⁠can be transported over a communications channel”

-Satoshi