“I won’t buy bitcoin because it’s something digital that I can’t hold in my hand.”
Dude, you pay $200 a month for internet access and subscriptions to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, and Spotify.
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Got ‘em
And all of your fiat is also only digital numbers stored in banks database.
Indeed
Also, the fact that you can’t hold it is a feature, not a bug.
It is THE reason it is unconfiscatable
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The best money is something that cannot be used as anything else.
Do you even inscribe bro?
In all seriousness though, read "Bitcoin Has No Intrinsic Value — and That’s Great" by Conner Brown, if you haven't yet.
https://bitcoin-resources.com/articles/bitcoin-has-no-intrinsic-valueand-thats-great/
So many new nodes brooo
Are you saying we’re screwed then? 🙃
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And when you stop paying you take nothing with you. You have nothing.
I just want to add (not relevant to the original comparison of Bitcoin and fleeting subscriptions).
I don’t understand people essentially doubling their entertainment budget recreating cable. Such a con.
And they most likely tell you that on a software interaction platform that they can't hold in their hand either.
"Sure I hold it my hand! It's on my phone!"
Ok. Pull it out of your phone and show it to me, phone in one hand and Twitter/Facebook/Nostr in the other.
*I know they likely aren't on Nostr if they're saying shit like that, but I digress...*
Nothing is real. We are all in the matrix.
Me looking at my razor thin 0.5gr assay gold “bar”. Can’t barely see it but hey…
Or plays online multiplayer games and swipes their credit card to buy in-game items. Make it make sense.