Nothing is outside the scope or involvement of the ccp. That is part of the definition of totalitarianism

I have been giving some thoughts into this, and agree with much of what you say. But I do not see this as a cause of disappointment, I see this as an opportunity.

I was watching a video from some Bitcoin traveller (plenty of them) to some island in Philippines which is/was apparently some kind of Bitcointopia. He approached some seller on a beach hoping to pay with Bitcoin. I forgot the details, but the conversation goes like this

Who cares if the lame excuse is true or not, but the point is, it was a year when Bitcoin had a massive bullrun, even in USD. And if the seller did hold on to his coins from last year, he would be a happy man. And not to say the peso is one of the trashiest currencies in APAC.

Looking at these examples, I just conclude that

I know the Bitcoin story has a grass-root, rebellious ethos to it, which I much appreciate. But remember, most of those folks? They will adopt Bitcoin when forced by reality, when they see hyperinflation eating away their savings, or when capital control rules freeze their bank accounts as is happening in Thailand and Vietnam. Your next door pizza seller? He will adopt bitcoin when he has to sell a large pizza (with drinks and wings) for 500 sats in total, because he is having a bank run and even his employees don't want to be paid in the local currency.

Bitcoin is following Gresham's law now, but later it will follow Thier's law. But now is my opportunity to grab more.

Half the people in the street will rant against inequality, vote for populist giveaways, and yet they will trust JP Morgan when they say Bitcoin is a scam. But they will also not adopt Bitcoin before JP Morgan does.

If you are looking for hopeful signs of adoption, forget about small time sellers adopting it for selling coffee or pizza. Look at the big boys. Are there major players selling

for Bitcoin? Yes, that is where shift happens that will cascade down to lower level. And a lot of encouraging signs there.

It is Darwinism. I don't evangelise Bitcoin. I stack, I spend a bit of it and I carry on. So far it served me extremely well.

Thanks for enlightening. Yeah, learning Zeus now.

When people get fucked they come ask you? 🙄

Great to see you darth, sorry, was a bit miffed since it seemed I just got rug-pulled by Blockstream of all. But yeah, going through some guides. But what do you think about coinos for small time noobs like me as a daily transactional wallet? Can I use it reliably to transfer moderate sums via lightning (like ~5 million Sats)?

Thanks, I also read there is this new upgraded standard called Bolt12, any android self custodial wallet I can use to get this feature that is also relatively noob friendly?

I would say credit card is a bigger competitor to bitcoin than cash when it comes to payment.

Many African communities are leapfrogging to bitcoin from cash, in the absence of a reliable banking system, same way they leapfrogged from physical letters to smartphone without going through landline wired phones.

Bitcoin, not crypto. Many shithole countries with high inflation and unreliable banking system see the USD itself as the safe heaven, hence now they are leaning on Tether (easier than having an offshore account, obviously). That explains most of the crypto adoption in those places, not Bitcoin.

That is why I rely on BTCMap to see the adoption. Not perfect, by any means, but still at least it helps filter out the crypto noise.

Everyone will consume at some point. That means buying a dream chateau or car etc. So yeah, that's why the whales sell (or just use the bitcoins to buy whatever they wish). That's what money means.

It means ownership is getting more decentralised.

Rotflmao dude.

There is no question. Compared to Bitcoin, AI is another glorified API call to OpenAI.

Look at Japan bond market collapsing that will be a drama that plays out in the second half of this decade. You think all the capital fleeing from JGB or yen carry trade will go to NVIDIA?