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Jeff Booth · 81w
The first global free market that has ever existed. Prices falling forever through the competitive and cooperative nature of that as long as #bitcoin remains decentralized and secure. Governments and ...
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I do not see how they lose control, they know who has it, so they come to your door and take it or put you in jail if they want it.

Cashu, Fedimint and custodial lightning are absolutely against the core values of Bitcoin. Not your keys, not your coins. Trusted third parties.

To me it seems it is going everywhere but not in the right direction.

I am a Bitcoiner since a very long time but i can not see the bright future for it anymore, it looks more and more like a tool to control us.

And as it is branded as a "store of value" now, it is easy to destroy that narrative. To me BTC lost most of its appeal which it had when it was a p2p digital currency.
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Jeff Booth · 81w
I understand concern but there must be trade offs to scale to 8 billion people and to create privacy to make attacks harder. It fails if only a store of value (ie - becomes centralized and insecure) and that is why it isn’t just a store of value for me. (And many others). It is a currency and I pu...
calva⚡️ · 81w
Seizure does not scale at an individual level. There will most likely be people who get their coins seized, yes, but those will be the people who didn't prepare and were unfortunately too care-free about their custody setups. This can be seen with the gold seizures. Also, nationwide seizures are mo...