Can Bitcoin be considered a Religion?

[jvdp]

Religion is far beyond what we experience with cryptocurrency. When compared to a religious existence bitcoin is nothing big, the technology that makes the market strong at any instance doesn't have anything to do with religion. There are people who stay away from bitcoin as they're unknown about the technology whether it is halal or not. I nsucb thinking one should not relate bitcoin to religion forever.

Religion is shit which is not helpful or useful for anyone in this forum. Just to categorize the people it is been used and being used so far but bitcoin is the way to settle yourself and way to make money and etc.
This is the things we have open opportunity for all the people who do hard work on this.

I hope you are Islamic guy by talking about their facts. Please be anonymous do not show your anything here bro.

[ralle14]

It never crossed my mind for Bitcoin to be a religion, others could treat it as a religion but I don't think the majority of the community would have the same mindset as these maximalist that you've mentioned. I spend a lot of time on Bitcoin but i'm not that crazy where it's starting to become a religion even if Bitcoin saved my life I would still have the same view on it.

[Marry Finch]

Bitcoin and religion - these concepts are not only incompatible, but, in my opinion, have nothing in common. Bitcoin is a digital technology, a clear invention of man, a type of cashless funds. Why worship the product of human thought activity? It is not necessary to recognize that Bitcoin controls us and we are subject to it.

[wealthypioneers]

How can that be? Blockchain is a concept. and you do not worship to the concepts.

[misterjo]

I think bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have become a religion in recent years, I am a believer in this technology but it is not to see satoshi nakamoto as a "god", however satoshi would be at the top

[rodel caling]

Nope isn't bitcoin to considered as religion bitcoin create by the founder Mr. Satoshi Nakamoto as new form of money not a religion, we holud know bitcoin has millions or billions of people believers and continue for mass adoption because they understand them all about the capabilities of this new from of money came from the new technology so is doesn't mean bitcoin is considered as religious.

I think bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have become a religion in recent years, I am a believer in this technology but it is not to see satoshi nakamoto as a "god", however satoshi would be at the top

Nibody can replace for our lord god create this world sotoshi is only a human not a god sorry do not be offend we ned to respest the only one god who create to all things herein the world especially us(people)

[Pagri]

Well, the human being has a natural tendency to incur all kinds of excesses, impulses, emotions and fanaticisms, but that does not mean that everything that develops a certain obsession can be called "religion", and this is especially so true in the case of bitcoin, because what people really want is not the possession of bitcoin itself as a cryptographic unit, but the potential economic power that means its possession.

[Reid]

When Benjamin Franklin studied electricity and shared it to the world, did it became a religion?
When Einstein developed the theory of relativity, did he became God?

I will not make Satoshi be compared like a God.
Yes he did discovered something really great but I am following bitcoin for its future usage. If he suddenly rose out of nowhere then thank God he is still alive and I will only be following his statements on why he did it or whatever his theory is making such a great technology or its real purpose.

[jjbanks994]

Considering how many Bitcoin believers (maximalists) there are, with their specific beliefs of how cryptocurrency should behave, it's becoming more evident that Bitcoin is a religion. After all, this popular movement of decentralized finance has impacted our lives one way or the other. The world has its eyes on the direction of Bitcoin as a digital currency which determines the path forward of Blockchain technology.

According to Google, the term "Religion" means the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. This becomes true especially when many Bitcoin followers believe that Satoshi is some sort of "god". Hence, if Satoshi would reveal himself to the public, many people will follow him.

Nonetheless, what are your thoughts about this?

Just because someone is a celebrity does it make them a religion?

Religion no, Blockchain replacing Governments yes.

When I first read this thread I laughed a little bit but then I came across this comment and agree completely. I think we can choose to worship whomever we want but to call it an outright religion isn't necessarily true

[pushups44]

No, bitcoin is not a religion, though there could be parallels with religion in how some investors behave. For example, this forum has a hierarchy with rules and expectations. The community has its own goals with expectations of behaviors. If people fall short of these expectations, they can get scolded and excommunicated.

[Vaculin]

It never crossed my mind for Bitcoin to be a religion, others could treat it as a religion but I don't think the majority of the community would have the same mindset as these maximalist that you've mentioned. I spend a lot of time on Bitcoin but i'm not that crazy where it's starting to become a religion even if Bitcoin saved my life I would still have the same view on it.

I agree with you. How can bitcoin be a religion when we are only believing it because of its covenience and the potential it brings. It's a big difference from worshipping gods and goddesses. And even is satoshi a great genius for his discovery, it's not enough to praise him and believed him like a god.

[Twinkledoe]

No, bitcoin is not a religion, though there could be parallels with religion in how some investors behave. For example, this forum has a hierarchy with rules and expectations. The community has its own goals with expectations of behaviors. If people fall short of these expectations, they can get scolded and excommunicated.

I don't think that bitcoin is considered to be a religion. Satoshi as a God?    But on another note, we never considered Satoshi as a God but just a brilliant mind who invented the "father of cryptocurrency," which is bitcoin. So nope, bitcoin is not to be categorized as religion. Just my thoughts.

[Abiky]

...We should not idolize bitcoin. We see that Bitcoin is created by man. This is enough for them to have nothing in common.

Even if Bitcoin was created by a human, there seems to be idolatry in Satoshi. The creator of Bitcoin itself, has been largely admired by many people worldwide. We now see many project supporters who will die until the end, defending the true cause of Satoshi based on its original whitepaper. Differing cryptocurrency projects like Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV have their ambitions in becoming the "original Bitcoin" (as per the whitepaper).

On the other hand, Bitcoin maximalists believe that there should be one cryptocurrency in existence. Given that Satoshi is a very bright individual, many crypto enthusiasts seem to have considered him/she/they as a "god". Those who cannot follow the Bitcoin whitepaper at its entirety, are considered "anti-Bitcoin" to most of them.

Nonetheless, I believe that Bitcoin is a religion in many ways. But not everyone thinks the same depending on their point of view. What matters is that Bitcoin is a useful decentralized cryptocurrency for the world, rather than just a movement. Just my opinion

[Astvile]

Bitcoin being a religion are you joking,bitcoin is a currency no matter how many maximalist we have here we cant make it a religion its like making a cult,if you have that kind of mindset why dont you make technology  religion it has more maximalist than bitcoin have

[7788bitcoin]

According to Google, the term "Religion" means the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. This becomes true especially when many Bitcoin followers believe that Satoshi is some sort of "god". Hence, if Satoshi would reveal himself to the public, many people will follow him.

If Satoshi comes out and  reveal himself he will be having a fan following and he is still a tech god and financial genius as he created a market which is worth multi billions and will be a trillion dollar market by the next rally but with every religion, the main attraction for everyone is the money flowing through it and in that sense too you can call bitcoin a religion  

We should not idolize bitcoin. We see that Bitcoin is created by man. This is enough for them to have nothing in common.

If that is the case, hope you have heard about Edmund Creffield, Charles Manson, David Koresh and you can list a lot of people who was considered as God by a rather large group, well Jesus was a man too .

[Nolimitz84]

How did you even get the idea to create a post with this name?Bitcoin is a new technology and at the moment a quick way to make money. But it clearly has nothing to do with religion.

[Deylandra]

I've created a religion and combined it with a crypto currency. It's called Evolution-X www.evolution-x.com

[maxreish]

You have a broad mind, OP.
Believing in bitcoin and condescent with Nakamoto doesn't mean we consider bitcoin as a religion and doesn't mean Satoshi is our GOD. I do have my own religion and own beliefs. Bitcoin is just like some other assets that we carefully treat and care. It doesn't make any sense that we consider it as a Religion if we are a believer of bitcoin. We are the patronizers.

[CBANX Ltd.]

Lol  It can be a favorite one for those Bitcoin lovers at some extent but in trading, world fluctuation is the only constant.

[sheenshane]

How did you even get the idea to create a post with this name?Bitcoin is a new technology and at the moment a quick way to make money. But it clearly has nothing to do with religion.

We are the same think of, ain't really get the point of the idea of asking this to the forum.

How could Bitcoin become a religion? Although we have an independent community as the forum itself only had the .05% population of Bitcoin enthusiast, it doesn't mean we are considered as a religion. You have to make sure to understand the meaning of religion first and recognize the difference of it to a community, organizations, and finance.