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Enemy? Never wrote that word...
Michael Saylor is an interesting case, quite influential but I have not seen yet any indication of him being a potential danger to Bitcoin in any form or shape.
I don't think these characteristics are mutually exclusive in Saylor's view.
You can buy a car with bitcoin, but for a coffee it's not really practical. So is it cash then? Yes and no?
how do you mean? I've been buying coffee with btc almost every day for years now
You wait ~10 minutes, sometimes longer, every morning at the coffeeshop?
Lightning network ;)
Even though I'm not sure you're asking this in good faith...
LN is L2 Bitcoin is the settlement layer
Yes, but it inherits all the properties of the base layer... With potentially enhanced privacy if you use it right. So yes, one can pay coffee with btc without waiting 10 minutes.
playing with words, it’s a separate codebase, they’re not the same
yes they are
I don't need global settlement assurance for a coffee (and neither does the vendor)
I use ecash for spending. And lightning to top up ecash.
Hmm - I don't think we should create enemy lists as it could be bad juju. I will say Michael Saylor as much as I think he has been decent with Bitcoin so far, I think he is trying to move bitcoin to the digital gold narrative away from the peer to peer electronic cash narrative. I think that isn't good, but he is the biggest celebrity as it comes to bitcoin. I already see a divide in philosophy amongst many bitcoiners on the SoV vs MoE points.