In the immortal words of 42nd President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, β€œit depends on what your definition of *is* is.”

Arguing whether #Bitcoin *is* real is pointless. What matters is what Bitcoin *does*.

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If it's not real, then it does not do anything.

Imagine telling an atheist it doesn't matter whether God is real, it matters what God does. Do you think the atheist would find that convincing?

Imagine, being retarded, not understanding what decentralized money, nobody can fuck with, will do to your shiny rocks. Perhaps you already know that and that's the reason why you hate #Bitcoin this much.

"Gold is a pet rock"

"Gold is a barbarous relic"

"We only keep gold because it's tradition"

When you find yourself repeating the talking points of Paul Krugman, John Maynard Keynes, and Ben Bernanke, maybe you need to reconsider your stance.

Even in a hyperbitcoinized world gold would still be a scarce and useful material.

I said none of these three things.

Yes, gold will be used as material, not money as much. #Bitcoin has much better quality for that.

I also never said it's not going to be used. You're the one claiming that Bitcoin will die when the dollar does, remember?

I have not insulted your intelligence or insinuated that you are incapable of understanding an argument. Please be civil.

You argument is, #Bitcoin isn't real, buy my shiny rock.

I'm not going to, sorry. We want to separate money & state and that's impossible with gold because we'll end up in the paper world again.

If yome up with your ridiculous claims again, expect some insults. πŸ€™πŸ’œ

I don't want people to buy gold, I want them to sell dollars

My problem with the paper world is the value isn't real - the "money" (actually currency) is just a meaningless token. How does Bitcoin improve on that?

I don't want them to sell dollars, I want the to start earning #Bitcoin

My problem with the paper world is elite keep printing more of it. Bitcoin is set to 21m and never cross that number. That's one of many reasons why it has value. You don't see it? I'm so sorry for you.

So if they could credibly claim to stop printing you would be fine with fiat?

I would not.

Read my note again, 'one of the reasons'.

Also, credible claims are based on trust. I don't trust whomever 'they' are. #Bitcoin is trustless system, that's why it's better than fiat or gold standard. That's why it's the only thing that can separate money & state so we don't have to trust 'them'.

#Bitcoin isn't real like the note you just posted isn't, but we already have been there, boomer. Remember?

I'm not surprised why so many people got you on mute, I'm pretty close too. Your coping is as ridiculous as your claims.