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Zach · 101w
Yesterday I was at a jewelry store buying my sister a graduation present. The store owner only wanted to accept cash, no Venmo or Zelle. I didn't have enough cash on me at the time, so I offered to pa...
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The reason why he likes cash is because it is base money. When he holds the cash, it's not a liability of anyone else, nobody will default on a promise, he can do with it what he wants, and nobody can take it away from him, and

This is why he doesn't like venmo or zelle or bank transfers, what he gets is not base money, but a claim on base money, a digital credit that he can later redeem for cash at the atm, but the bank can always go bust and his cash is gone.

Bitcoin is the very first time that we have base money in cyberspace. It's not a bank credit or IOU or some token that can be redeemed for an underlying asset. Bitcoin is the thing itself, just like gold atoms or fiat cash.

So don't onboard him to a bitcoin money warehouse like wallet of satoshi, recommend him a self custodial wallet and explain him what the 12 word private key does.
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Pepe NOSTRos · 101w
I just onboarded my metals guy. Gonna try get him to set up btc metals site. mainly for my own convenience mind you but hey, may work out.
paulo · 101w
Cash is still somebody else’s liability. Ask people from India who got specific denominations demonetized overnight a few years ago.
orange ⚡️ · 101w
Cash is also a claim that ultimately the FED or a central bank has to honor. And they can devalue that claim at will. Bitcoin is not fiat cash, it’s better.
nostrich · 101w
I think at some point electronic dollars became money and paper notes became claims redeemable in electronic dollars.