i agree, guys. most of your points make sense and quite reasonable. there's no point to argue with the folks saying Bitcoin (at least at the moment) is money
Money is any item or verifiable record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a particular country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange, a unit of account, a store of value and sometimes, a standard of deferred payment. Any item or verifiable record that fulfils these functions can be considered as money. | source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money |
and money is not free.
but we, as a human being, tend to look in the future? right?
so, i believe ( "you may say i a dreamer, but i'm not the only one" ) that Bitcoin was not created just for the benefit of a few, or a particular group of people, or a particular country, or even a particular "billion", but for the benefit of the humanity as a whole.
do we really want to make it "my precious!"? do we really want to keep our individual freedom, censorship resistance and decentralization, granted us by Bitcoin, just for the benefit of our own, our families and friends and do not give a shit about rest of the world?
it kind of resemble situation with the covid. some countries do vaccinate their folks and do not give a shit about the rest of the world, but we are all linked one way or another.
well, let's look into the future:
* how we can make Bitcoin work for the benefit of all and not the few?and the main question
* do we really want IT to do so?