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5 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 30 Jun \ on: My friends think Bitcoin is a joke. There's nowhere to spend it or Lightning. bitcoin
I believe that eventually everyone will use it
I don't see that path tbh. My thought is: the reason to use fiat is because state coercion. With Bitcoin there is no state coercion, thus not everyone will opt in, and it is important for it to remain opt-in: less tyranny, more liberty.
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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @028559d218 OP 10h
Opt-in sure... but there was no 'opt in' to use the internet either.
Yet here were are.
If I didn't believe in the value of Bitcoin especially proof-of-work I wouldn't be sitting here after work replying to a bunch of anons on the internet on a very niche forum about magic internet money.
I believe that in the long run Bitcoin makes the world better.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 4h
oh? When did it become mandatory?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @028559d218 OP 4h
It never was. People just realized it was 'better'
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 4h
Exactly, so it's still opt-in. What I'm saying is that if bitcoin stays like that, then it's all good. And as you argue, it will not impede greatness. So, as many argue on this very niche forum, as long as we use it and build it out, then from us, more will follow. But we can just use it among us in the meantime.
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