If #bitcoin is money, and it is, then nothing else is money.

It's the same reason gold & silver are hoarded as soon as fiat shows up on the scene...

That's as may be but how are you going to convince people to spend something valuable on crap when they can just spend the crap currency on it?

"We know that software can’t be destroyed and that a widely dispersed system can’t be shut down."

It's urgent to get Bitcoin into the hands of as many people as possible to ensure the success of a widely dispersed system.

If not you, then who?

I looked into it just now and it appears modern research indicates aluminum may be more safe than we previously expected. Still, I'd rather minimize exposure (when practical) to anything that isn't incidental to the genetic history of our biochemistry.

I looked into it just now and it appears modern research indicates aluminum may be more safe than we previously expected. Still, I'd rather minimize exposure (when practical) to anything that isn't incidental to the genetic history of our biochemistry.

And pretend it ain't theft at all... 😂😜

Well, when theft by force is dicey, you go the fraud route...

For tax purposes, but what about for constitutional purposes? Do they draw a distinction? This is from the linked court document in that article. Interesting how they argue that money isn’t property for constitutional purposes. Sounds completely asinine.

I don't believe most humans are capable of it without natures feedback, easy times ruin them.

I get the idea of natural selection, but societies aren’t built on just letting people fail, we progress by lifting each other up, not just waiting for collapse. The real question is, do we want to live in a world that only rewards survival, or one that also values wisdom and growth?

You're right that whatever a society consistently rewards, it gets more of. If we prioritize short-term gratification over long-term thinking, we shouldn’t be surprised when critical thinking declines.

But the bell curve works both ways, while some chase the immediate, others are building, questioning, and opting out of the noise. The real challenge isn’t just observing the trend, but deciding which side of it we contribute to."

You're right that whatever a society consistently rewards, it gets more of. If we prioritize short-term gratification over long-term thinking, we shouldn’t be surprised when critical thinking declines.

But the bell curve works both ways, while some chase the immediate, others are building, questioning, and opting out of the noise. The real challenge isn’t just observing the trend, but deciding which side of it we contribute to."

That's where you lose me, with those "studies". I've done my own studies as a bitcoiner who's put in the work and time to understand it, just as I did with women and relationships.

The same people show you studies that inflation isn't actually bad for you. I know what's bad for me, and good for me.

And no, not *all* women are wired that way, it's a generalisation that's applicable in most cases.

Heh, it's the same everywhere, you have those who like to steal other peoples shit & those trying not to have their shit stolen.

The rest is just noise. 😂