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JOE2o · 7w
Yes, and in this market of stories gold competes just fine. As evidenced. The fact that you don't have the gold in your pocket is not a mark against its story. People value the story as it stands, tha...
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Yet you mistake the battle for the war. Gold's story is a finished tragedy where the hero is a state-owned zombie and its "success" is a testament to its captivity.

₿itcoin’s "story hit" isn't a failure of its plot points; it's the core of its new narrative. It's a live-action epic where the hero is attacked by the old guard precisely because its objective properties are a threat. Every "hit" is a chapter proving its power.

The state fears ₿itcoin in a way it never feared gold, because for the first time in history, it cannot simply change the rules of the game. That immutability is the entire story.
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JOE2o · 7w
Bitcoin is not so powerful as that. Power is rooted in the credible threat of physical harm. Always has been, always will be. Not in code. This is why bitcoin finds it so hard to deal with the wrench-attack narrative. From not your keys not your coins, it becomes mental-gymnastic multi-sig setups ...