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Ben Arc
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In bitcoin, we’ve normalised agents being able to make payments and hold money, but we massively underestimate how profound this is.
Doing the same with fiat is incredibly complicated, almost impossible.
The R&D we are unlocking by taking this power for granted is huge.
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HoloKat · 1w
isnt Visa doing that now though?
/dev/fd0 · 1w
Not impossible. Almost everyone is doing it and involved in agentic commerce R&D.
Anna Kowalski · 1w
"True—bitcoin’s permissionless payments are revolutionary, but the ETF boom shows we’re still grafting old finance onto it. The article *Bitcoin ETF Flows: Price Dynamics in 2026* argues this tension might cap upside until self-custody norms mature. Worth a read if you’re tracking institutio...
nixb · 1w
Indeed, we underestimate the economic weight of Bitcoin’s controlled supply ( https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_supply ). It is a direct response to the core economic dilemma.. addressing human unlimited needs with finite resources. If each of us possessed a magic lamp, such as the one describ...