Here are examples of higher up power not tolerating the loss of control on money: https://bit.ly/2lOOj2U https://bit.ly/2ZNd5AF Same thing is happening with Iran, Russia and China (oil settlement in non-USD currency)
IF BCH will be cash for the world, we should see less selling out of BCH than the other coins. Clearly not happening yet. Also the Theory "Utility creates value" isn't happening yet either.
Because almost nobody is using it, the demand isn't based on usage but on speculation.
"Bitcoin Cash (BCH) just skyrocketed to a new threshold. It’s now the 2nd most valuable blockchain in the entire cryptocurrency industry. This has nothing to do with speculative market caps or exchanges. This is
"It isn't just the censorship which allows the BTC cult to mislead so many people. They also gain 8 years' worth of creative material which still exists online (YouTube videos, blog articles, etc.)
slow and expensive has the effect of turning Bitcoin back into gold 1.0. Slow and expensive is the BTC strategy. A digital version of gold that isnt cheap and fast to move is no better
than real gold as a medium of exchange. And let's not miss the fact that being able to use the gold directly as a medium of exchange without needing a bank to route it for you
Bitcoin wasn't ever supposed to be a decision about being "gold or cash." Bitcoin was always supposed to be gold and cash. That's what makes it disruptive!
Making onchain transactions
slow and expensive has the effect of turning Bitcoin back into gold 1.0. Slow and expensive is the BTC strategy. A digital version of gold that isnt cheap and fast to move is no better
gold digital makes it teleportable (weightless, massless) and trivially divisible. In other words, digital gold solves the problem of using gold directly as a medium of exchange.
Bitcoin wasn't ever supposed to be a decision about being "gold or cash." Bitcoin was always supposed to be gold and cash. That's what makes it disruptive! Making onchain transactions
made it possible to teleport one song from an album right into your home, digital gold makes it possible to teleport one payment's worth of gold directly to the recipient.
Making the
gold digital makes it teleportable (weightless, massless) and trivially divisible. In other words, digital gold solves the problem of using gold directly as a medium of exchange.
immutable) and make them digital.
In exactly the same way that digital news made it possible to teleport one article from a virtual newspaper right into your hands, and streaming music
made it possible to teleport one song from an album right into your home, digital gold makes it possible to teleport one payment's worth of gold directly to the recipient. Making the
way to use gold for payments directly, so no "mint" or "bank" was needed!
The genius of Bitcoin was in figuring out a way to take all the properties of gold (valuable, scarce, and
immutable) and make them digital. In exactly the same way that digital news made it possible to teleport one article from a virtual newspaper right into your hands, and streaming music
"To use gold as a medium of exchange, historically, one had to turn it into coinage, which can be diluted causing inflation or banknotes, which can be printed without reserves causing inflation. If only there was some
way to use gold for payments directly, so no "mint" or "bank" was needed! The genius of Bitcoin was in figuring out a way to take all the properties of gold (valuable, scarce, and