Store of value first, I suppose. Plus, bootstrapping a currency is a gargantuan task. But it is curious how few people care and even those who say they do really don't.

"Didn't accomplish anything significant." Millions of people globally use lightning every day and even more who live in double/triple digit inflation store their wealth in Bitcoin. Try to stay positive bro. We're doing alright so far.

Be patient Vlad, Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Didn’t accomplish anything significant? Cmoon

Building the alternative system takes a while

that is why you are the most intelligent of all bitcoin retards

Sometimes you have to look at what the main rival of bitcoin is doing. The fed printing worthless fiat, being the lubricant of the slave system imposed on everyone on this planet. Slowly eroding lives away with debased currency, ruining generations. Boom busts, the stealing of resources, raping of c...

I use it for buying my vpn, vps, steam games, groceries (sometimes) and transacting with friends. It’s easier to set up and use than paypal/other options for me. So in the end it has achieved my usecase. Digital money without intermediaries or restrictions. Money without the government’s approv...

There’s still people that pay with paper checks in 2026

It's been 15 years, calm your tits

Put all your money in Bitcoin and ignore all the shitcoins. And ignore the stock market and ignore credit cards. And you're gonna tell me nothing. Has changed? You're just into shit coins too much.

Yes, feel bad you failure.

Zoom out. A random open source project replacing all money isn’t going to happen in 10 years. We’ve come a long way already though.

+1; Bitcoin in 2026 is much closer to PayPal in 2010 than to Bitcoin in 2010. Mostly for the bad. But AI makes me bullish, open source will eat the world, that's our 2nd chance.

You should travel to a developing country embracing Bitcoin…. Your perspective is very first world

It gave rise to a new generation of free market interaction through the implementation in the Silk Road DNM, imo an even bigger revolution.

It got cooped by people like Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein who wanted to use it for child sex trafficking

That's because we're still so early

Bitcoin exists in the world. Just by being an alternative, albeit fringe, it plays an important role. I'm a norwegian living in Argentina and the way I transfer money into the country is with bitcoin. Much of my spending is using bitcoin. I use a bridge (bullbitcoin), so the recipients get fiat. I ...

Where do you think is going a important part of the fiat debt? Debt that won't be paid back.... Time is in our side. Just be patience....