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Twitter’s new Bitcoin Feature Changes Everything
Bitcoin isn’t here to take part — it’s here to take over.
Caveat: “What you love will often appear to be the solution.”
Twitter now allows you to send money to anyone anywhere at any time for almost no cost using the Bitcoin network.
El Salvador has already deemed Bitcoin as legal tender.
“But Bitcoin has no use! What does it really do?How can it be worth anything if its backed by nothing? This is a Ponzi/bubble/tulip-mania scam. It has no intrinsic value. It causes oceans to boil. It’s toxic!”
Like a decadent choclate cake, Bitcoin is multilayered.
This is a guide for those persistent fiat-based noobs on why Bitcoin isn’t here just to take part — it’s here to take over.
Bitcoin As Digital Gold
Gold is 5000 year old technology.
A dumb, shiny metal that just sits there encouraging war. It’s scarce, has some utility outside of it’s desirability, is almost immobile, non-programmable and takes enormous energy to mine. It’s stored in unbreakable vaults and transported by blokes packing heat.
Bitcoin is 12 year old technology that exists in cyberspace.There has never been a more secure…
