Where do you find leverage (not leveraged trading, leveraging capital) in bitcoin if you dont have a lot of money/bitcoin? Bitcoin makes it hard to find profit. I experimented with Jam joinmarket this weekend and got zero hits; there are people who have a good amount pumped into a fidelity bond and they probably get some traffic, but they must have a decent amount to play with and are very efficient. For users/consumers this is great, low fees for a reliable service; for people looking to make some sats on the side this sucks, there is no room for you to casually engage with it. Not saying its bad, thats the way its supposed to work, all to the benefit of the consumer. Same with a lightning node, havent set one up *yet*, but aside from some security guarentees you get there dont seem to be an incentive too unless you have a ton of capital; great for users, discouraging for casuals. If bitcoin became the money tomorrow, all ive got is my stack, I feel like I have nothing to contribute outside of my basically physical labor.
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demand bitcoin for payment for side gig labor
Im inclined to agree, bitcoins perfection can be seen in the fact that its very difficult to create profitable financial products on top, anything that can be done with money alone is saturated by bigger and better players.
But I could make more by simply working overtime at work, trading hours for money. I need leverage on something i have that people want, like capital, knowledge, organizational skills. I just feel boxed in.