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Maybe... But look at it follow the script:
Bitcoin isn't failing as money.
It isn’t trying to (and can't) “replace the dollar overnight.”
It’s going through the same monetization path that gold, silver and other non-fiat monies went through.
🔸 First: it’s a collectible. A curiosity. Held by cypherpunks and early tech circles.
🔸 Then: it becomes a store of value.
A hedge against broken currencies.
A savings tool in fragile economies.
A way to exit the noise and hold something finite.
🔸 With time and liquidity: it matures into a medium of exchange.
We're already seeing this with Lightning adoption across Africa and #LATAM.
Remittances.
Merchant use.
Micro-payments.
🔸Eventually: it can serve as a unit of account.
That’s the last mile. And the hardest.
It means people think in sats, not dollars.
Meaning a coffee would, in your mind, cost 1500 Sats, not $6.
This doesn’t happen through press releases or politics.
It happens organically, driven by utility and necessity.
Trying to rush #Bitcoin into the final phase before it completes the first ones is a big mistake and irrational expectation.
Most people get frustrated that it’s “not money yet.”
That’s like judging a teenager for not being a CEO.
Let it grow.
We’re watching a monetary revolution unfold in real time and we’re somewhere between Stage 2 and 3.
(Depending on where you are in the world)
In the #MiddleEast and #Africa?
That curve is bending faster than most realize.
P.S: What stage do you think we're in, globally or locally?
Curious to hear where your region sits on this curve #nostr!
