Can Bitcoin be considered a Religion?

[creeps]

In a way it is a bit of new religion but connected with money. Also, people who tend to be dependent and weak will always find a way to worship and to blame some supernatural power to take off the responsibility.

I don’t think this is a religion now because we don’t worship bitcoin, we just want the price to go up and make money. We are thankful to the work of Satoshi Nakamoto but i don’t worship him because i don’t know who he is and he might be a member of a terrorist so worshiping him is not a good one.

[Palmaper]

Although I have resisted thinking that my attachment to issues related to bitcoin have nothing to do with a religious issue, to be honest sometimes I think that deep down there is much of that in my expectations regarding bitcoin. Having lost hope in today's society, the emergence of bitcoin has given me a new motivation, and I have even come to think that my only hope for a better future, for "saving my soul" is in bitcoin, because in fact, if the bitcoin fails I will fail, and if the bitcoin advances, I will advance.

If that is not a "religion", I do not know what else it can be.

[Janation]

In a way it is a bit of new religion but connected with money. Also, people who tend to be dependent and weak will always find a way to worship and to blame some supernatural power to take off the responsibility.

I don’t think this is a religion now because we don’t worship bitcoin, we just want the price to go up and make money. We are thankful to the work of Satoshi Nakamoto but i don’t worship him because i don’t know who he is and he might be a member of a terrorist so worshiping him is not a good one.

I know right? But I don't think Satoshi is a terrorist.

If he is, I think he will not be releasing this in the public since this can just be their way to send money to each other. If he is, then I guess his plan is to just make the price go up and that's it. They have a medium of trading they can use to maybe buy firearms but as I said, I don't think he is. All I know is that a lot of people are earning a lot of money from cryptocurrencies and I know that I don't worshipped or look at Bitcoin as a religion.

[oseikuf44]

Why do we have to see Satoshi as God just because of his invention to technology, precisely, in the field of online payment. Amazon, facebook and a lot of invention has more useful than a mere bitcoin and their founders are known public but we don't deem it as a religion ,hence don't see any reason we should ascribe religion to Bitcoin and make Satoshi as a divine being.

[jhonjhon]

Yes it’s true that bitcoin has a lot of believers right now but it doesn’t mean that we can consider it as a religion. Besides, Satoshi Nakamoto is not a God so I think it’s not right that we consider it as a religion.

[TimeBits]

Wait I just thought of something, WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE CHURCH OF NOT PAY TAX? unless it is bitcoin transaction fees. Canada allows Muslims to drive motorbikes with no helmets because it will mess up there turban thing. What if in our religion it was against the law to hold fiat and we were allowed to sell booze and weed and people had to accept of CHURCH OF NOT PAY TAX money supply, because we said so.

[Netnox]

It is ridiculous to link crypto-currency with religion. IMO, we should not limit the usage of crypto to any particular religious or ethnic group. Satoshi invented Bitcoin, so that it can be used as a decentralized currency by everyone with basic computer knowledge and mathematical skills. It is not incompatible with any of the mainstream religions or sects.

[bitzizzix]

A very silly question if bitcoin is used as a religion?
Bitcoin is not worshiped but is sought and owned or bought and then sold to get benefits that can change the economy or our lives get better, and it is also based on efforts and hard work and strong patience to produce maximum profits.
and I don't understand the meaning of bitcoin as a religion?

[2Kool4Skewl]

What nonsense?  What is the religion, the maximum why it can be called religion is because everyone who is here does not believe in God, but has a cryptocurrency.  Because I think that this is the economy and not a religion.

[shesheboy]

A very silly question if bitcoin is used as a religion?

Its not a silly question imo but its a legit and good question because bitcoin nowadays is really mistaken as a religion because people hail and worshiped it  . they think bitcoin is too good because it provides them income and a good service as well  .  people slowly gains  a faith and trust on bitcoin . they need it so that they can hodl longer

I don't understand the meaning of bitcoin as a religion?

The answer is already laid above . bitcoin literally was not really a religion but its likely simmillar to religion

[romero121]

Yes it’s true that bitcoin has a lot of believers right now but it doesn’t mean that we can consider it as a religion. Besides, Satoshi Nakamoto is not a God so I think it’s not right that we consider it as a religion.

From the early days we've got more very few religions, further more and more religion came into existence from the one that are ages old. This happens when a certain group form a community and follow something different from the parent religion. This way I believe there is possibility for a new religion to come into existence in future if bitcoiners come together praising Satoshi as God. Possibilities were low, still can happen as people have begun to relate bitcoin with religion.

[goaldigger]

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?

Who does consider Satoshi Nakamoto as God? An idol maybe because of what he do but not God. I dont even know people who take the same. Also , people dont believe in any unknown force bacause bitcoin has its blockchain and datas that can be refered into.

[haidil]

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?

I only believe in bitcoin as a currency for payments and do not trust satooshi as a god of god or whatever.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Who does consider Satoshi Nakamoto as God? An idol maybe because of what he do but not God. I dont even know people who take the same. Also , people dont believe in any unknown force bacause bitcoin has its blockchain and datas that can be refered into.

You can't rule out anything. There are new religious movements in every nook and corner of the world, which worship certain individuals as re-incarnations of god. For example, Jim Jones claimed that he was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and he had tens of thousands of followers. So I can't rule out a possibility in which someone in the near future creates a new religious sect with Satoshi as the god.

[Skrattar Du]

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?

I think people are really thinking it too complicated seeing Bitcoin too far from what it is supposed to be. It does not barely mean that because people believe into Bitcoin is that it will already be considered as a religion because it is a two different things. Bitcoin is a part now of our technology and religion is into spiritual aspects so it is really to far to connect Bitcoin as a rising up religion because it is not. There are cases that meanings must not be taken literally because it depends on the situation.

[karsyla]

fundamentally it is wrong, because a religion has to have a higher force that cannot be comprehended by a human mind

[aryadiningrat123]

I think Satoshi Nakamoto is not GOD or God, which is indeed he who created bitcoin and he is genius and intelligent but he cannot be considered a god so even though Satoshi Nakamoto published himself he would not be called a god or god, people only looked he is a very genius person who can make bitcoin and all cryptocurrency, which is very popular throughout the world

[DatKing]

It is a really different approach to Bitcoin but it does not make sense to me that Bitcoin can be considered as a religion. I just think that this cryptocurrencies will be our currency in the future.

[traderethereum]

It is a really different approach to Bitcoin but it does not make sense to me that Bitcoin can be considered as a religion. I just think that this cryptocurrencies will be our currency in the future.

Yeah, Bitcoin is not a religion, and it cannot be.
But maybe in the future, some people use bitcoin as religion, and they worship bitcoin as their god because they thought bitcoin help them to solve the problem
Let bitcoin like it's way and help us to make money and no need to think about Bitcoin can be considered as a religion because we already have religion for our life.

[Sithara007]

It is a really different approach to Bitcoin but it does not make sense to me that Bitcoin can be considered as a religion. I just think that this cryptocurrencies will be our currency in the future.

Agreed. Bitcoin has many uses and purposes, but being a religion is not one of them. A religion can be defined as a belief in something that is super-natural, which has the power to control something. There is nothing super-natural regarding Bitcoin, unless you can prove that Satoshi Nakamoto is an alien, who invented Bitcoin while he was cruising in his space-shuttle.