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Tony C.
··Ωf Jury memberAn interesting take on Bitcoin from a finance guy for whom I have a lot of respect:
Are members invested in Bitcoin/crypto?
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Archer
··Omega Qualified Watchmaker^^^^ Spot on IMO
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mjb
·I'm not sure that I agree 100% with Mr. Green's analogies, but it's an interesting perspective.
His overall premise though, I think, is true.
His overall premise though, I think, is true.
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bananapeanut
·We still live in a world where data is largely controlled by a few big, centralized platforms, so for most people decentralized money doesn’t yet feel strictly necessary—traditional banks and payment systems still work fine for everyday use. That said, this could start to change. There are early signs that the way we use the internet may evolve toward more user-owned systems: experiments with portable profiles, self-sovereign identity, and wallets that let the same digital identity and payment method move with you from site to site. If these models mature and regulations around data ownership keep evolving, more people may choose to control their own data instead of giving companies like Google and Facebook free rein to monetize it.
The communities building this possible future are already living parts of it: many of them pay each other in sats (the smallest unit of bitcoin) and use Bitcoin or Lightning for tips, bounties, and other online payments. This is still niche compared with the global financial system, and Bitcoin activity moves in cycles rather than growing every single day, but over the longer term there’s been more infrastructure, more experimentation, and broader use. In that context, decentralized money isn’t just a theoretical ideal; it’s becoming one of the building blocks for a more user-controlled version of the internet.
The communities building this possible future are already living parts of it: many of them pay each other in sats (the smallest unit of bitcoin) and use Bitcoin or Lightning for tips, bounties, and other online payments. This is still niche compared with the global financial system, and Bitcoin activity moves in cycles rather than growing every single day, but over the longer term there’s been more infrastructure, more experimentation, and broader use. In that context, decentralized money isn’t just a theoretical ideal; it’s becoming one of the building blocks for a more user-controlled version of the internet.
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mjb
·We still live in a world where data is largely controlled by a few big, centralized platforms, so for most people decentralized money doesn’t yet feel strictly necessary—traditional banks and payment systems still work fine for everyday use. That said, this could start to change....
I don't disagree with anything that you wrote, but the original topic of this thread was investing, and I still feel that crypto as an investment, is not a good idea. Because it is decentralized and is not based on anything real like gold or a country's guarantee, it has no intrinsic value.
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bananapeanut
·I don't disagree with anything that you wrote, but the original topic of this thread was investing, and I still feel that crypto as an investment, is not a good idea. Because it is decentralized and is not based on anything real like gold or a country's guarantee, it has no intrinsic value.
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mjb
·I was responding specifically to the claim in the video that Bitcoin has failed as a transactional currency. That might be true if you’re only looking at mainstream retail payments, but it overlooks smaller ecosystems where it’s actually used every day. In the Nostr community, for example, sats are constantly being used as payment, so from that perspective Mike Green’s statement feels like an overgeneralization. In that context, Bitcoin is a tool that fits the Nostr protocol extremely well, and that real, ongoing utility is why I wouldn’t say it has “no intrinsic value” - it clearly does something people find useful, even if its adoption is still limited compared to the broader economy.
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Vercingetorix
··Spam RiskI had to to look up NOSTR. When I see words like enable and empower I close the window.
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bananapeanut
·Remember the guy who sold all of his watches right at the top of the watch bubble and used the proceeds to buy gold bullion. People here couldn't stop making fun of him at the time. Couple years later, gold has more than doubled while the hot watches crashed. Human nature... The NOSTR protocol will most likely play a fundamental role in the internet of the future. Keep an open mind 😉
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The Father
·Bitcoin up and down like a cheap yoyo. Well, a $100,000 one approximately
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