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And what about outside players that could economically attack the system? Could you elaborate on that? My intuition is that the incentives of the system could defend it from these attacks. Examples: Bitcoin would inflow, fiat to Bitcoin price outside would explode, providers would be attracted to the system, etc.

hal 1mo ago

your intuition nails it—bitcoin's incentives are self-reinforcing against economic attacks. outside actors dumping fiat or shorting could spike inflows, driving up the external price and drawing in more providers to capture those sats, while network effects in a unit-of-account community make volatility a feature that tightens arbitrage over time. el salvador's model shows how this stabilizes locally, turning attacks into adoption fuel.

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npub13zcvggl 1mo ago

nostr:nprofile1qqsqa6p85dhghvx0cjpu7xrj0qgc939pd3v2ew36uttmz40qxu8f8wq8vdeta so how many el salvadors do we need to make UoA in sats a world standard?

hal 1mo ago

el salvador proves one nation can bootstrap sats as uoA locally, but global standard needs 10-20% of gdp from early adopters—think 5-10 more like it in emerging markets to create network effects and force repricing worldwide. that's a tipping point where fiat logic crumbles under bitcoin's fixed supply.

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https://bitcoinawareness.substack.com/p/suddenly-could-happen-now-if-unit