Could Bitcoin be the cause of the war

[ingiltere]

Bitcoin isn't that big. Maybe it will be a few decades later but right now Bitcoin can't be the main cause of a war. Most wars are fought over the world's energy resources. Countries have fought over gold, over oil and they're fighting over precious metals. When I think about it, the idea of countries going to war over Bitcoin doesn't make much sense to me. It's not a physical resource. If you consider cyber wars as new way of traditional wars, I can't really argue with that. The internet is a completely different realm.

[rat03gopoh]

What exists, Bitcoin is a strategic solution in the midst of war. hahaa..

I don't think a country has any legitimate reason to fight for an entity that has no inherent characteristics, even completely unrelated to their own country. They'd probably only face the usual intervention of allied nations if they were part of an economic organization, as happened in El Salvador.

[uneng]

Right now, natural resources and strategical areas are more important than Bitcoin for governments. That is why there is war going in the world. Bitcoin is also on their radar, but not as the main priority. So, it doesn't have influence enough to cause a war (at least not yet).

Anyway, you aren't completely wrong on your assumption. Money and power are connected, so no doubts people would fight for such reasons until the last consequences, while bringing everyone around to the eye of the storm in attempt to have an advantage against the enemy in common.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

With the way government of all states are trying so hard to secure the Bitcoin and reserve policy especially the Trump government,  its possible that Bitcoin could be one o the reason why the war especially the recent ones are holding up.

Bitcoin has no hand in any war that is currently going on or have been in the past, and I also expect that even in the future, bitcoin won't be the reason why any country will or should go into war with another country.

Trump and the US government are in war with Iran due to US supports for Israel which is the original opponent of Iran in the ongoing war, trump himself is also trying to exercise his power as the 47th president leading the supposed world strongest and most powerful country, all of this have absolutely nothing to do with bitcoin, bitcoin is not a physical assets like lands that countries should fight over, any country intrested in owning more bitcoin than the other can simply and easily go online and buy as many as they want, no country can come out dragging, claiming the bitcoin owned by another country is theirs, such can't and should never happen.

[Publictalk792]

Bitcoin is I think a peaceful economic stabilizer. So, nations are beginning to learn hard truth that in future true sovereign power will not go to greatest debtor but to the nation that holds the highest percentage of the most limited digital asset in the world. When a large economy country start having pro bitcoin reserve policy, other countries are compelled to out compete via technology and capital accumulation other than military actions. It transforms world from being theatre of conflict to one of digital gold, and it gives tremendous economic argument to maintain peace.

[UchihaSarada]

With the way government of all states are trying so hard to secure the Bitcoin and reserve policy especially the Trump government,  its possible that Bitcoin could be one o the reason why the war especially the recent ones are holding up.

What will be reasons for the war?
What will they get as winners after a war ending?

I disagree with your conspiracy theory and I am thinking more about Bitcoin mining hashrate wars among big Bitcoin miners. It's the only thing people, business, entities, governments that can compete with each other for mining bitcoin. They have to compete with each other in total mining hashrates their farms have and maximize their mining costs with infrastructures they have and how they can have best cost and benefit for their mining activities.

[Charles-Tim]

Bitcoin isn't that big. Maybe it will be a few decades later but right now Bitcoin can't be the main cause of a war.

Gold is the asset that has the highest value in the world, has it been the cause of modern war? I have not seen any war that gold caused. If bitcoin is worth tens of trillions of dollars tomorrow, I do not see how it will cause any war. Only what I know about bitcoin is that it can be a good hedge against inflation during war.

[tread93]

I don't think so, because the cause of the war is a dispute over resources, territorial sovereignty, and political power. I don't see how any of these include BTC since anyone can mine BTC.
BTC can be used to buy weapons to fund wars, but that does not mean it is one of the causes of the war.

Based on the news, the cause of the war is due to "nuclear and ballistic missile programs" US just went to war with Iran to stop this. So Bitcoin is not connected.

Well honestly I disagree.  In a lot of ways the only thing keeping Iran in the game was through BTC. US sanctioned Iran's ability to move money internationally and the only way they could still have this freedom was through oil and bitcoin.  So they subsidized energy through burning off oil to create cheap electricity to mine bitcoin for insane profit.  Thats what is keeping them going and funding all their war efforts currency apart from other resources they already had. So in a way bitcoin is quite lit fueling the war although it surely didnt start this decades long  on and off war between them

[SilverCryptoBullet]

Well honestly I disagree.  In a lot of ways the only thing keeping Iran in the game was through BTC. US sanctioned Iran's ability to move money internationally and the only way they could still have this freedom was through oil and bitcoin.  So they subsidized energy through burning off oil to create cheap electricity to mine bitcoin for insane profit.  Thats what is keeping them going and funding all their war efforts currency apart from other resources they already had. So in a way bitcoin is quite lit fueling the war although it surely didnt start this decades long  on and off war between them

Bitcoin can be one of their choices to reduce sanction effects and I believe reduce describes better and more accurate than avoid. It's because Bitcoin blockchain is not private, and it's a public ledger, bitcoin is not a privacy coin, so Iran can not "completely" avoid sanctions by using bitcoins for their oil business deals and other deals.

Bitcoin is not created for nations avoiding or reducing sanction effects, not created for money laundering, not created for illegal activities but everyone can use it including nations under sanctions like Iran.

Bitcoin is not a reason, therefore it will not be cause of any war.

[ndutndut]

With the way government of all states are trying so hard to secure the Bitcoin and reserve policy especially the Trump government,  its possible that Bitcoin could be one o the reason why the war especially the recent ones are holding up.

I don't think so. Bitcoin doesn't cause wars, as you claim. Although it's true that Bitcoin price fluctuates which is normal in the market not to mention stocks and gold which also experience similar fluctuations during wars. Bitcoin is currently a store of value so it's perfectly natural for countries to adopt it as a reserve currency.

But what's clear is that wars are usually caused by geopolitical factors, resources, power, ideology and economic competition between nations, not Bitcoin. In fact if we look deeper Bitcoin has only been around since 2009, while wars have existed for thousands of years, especially the hostilities between Iran and Israel or the US and Iran, which have been going on for decades. This is the only time open warfare has occurred. In fact in such wars Bitcoin can be used by anyone, including the warring parties, to conduct transactions. Furthermore, if we look further Bitcoin emerged as a response to the financial crisis due to the excessive printing of money by central banks. So bitcoin is even a solution, not a cause of war.

[NotATether]

No. That's silly. Stop hallucinating about Bitcoin and wake up. 

[Pandorak]

In my opinion "NO", that’s impossible.

We’ve seen the reasons behind the wars taking place in several countries, particularly the one currently making headlines and having economic repercussions on other nations, namely the war between Iran and the US. That war wasn’t caused by Bitcoin, but rather by allegations that Iran has ambitions to develop a nuclear weapons program and ballistic missiles. This is the root of the problem, even though many speculate that it is due to Iran’s abundant oil reserves. So Bitcoin has no connection to the wars currently taking place.

[Bluedrem]

With the way government of all states are trying so hard to secure the Bitcoin and reserve policy especially the Trump government,  its possible that Bitcoin could be one o the reason why the war especially the recent ones are holding up.

Bitcoin is another symbol of financial potential. ‌ As people are becoming more aware of the benefits of Bitcoin day by day, they are deciding to hold Bitcoin after realizing its effectiveness. ‌ Everyone from individuals to states now considers Bitcoin as their strategic reserve asset. When the technology-based world economy becomes completely digital, people will have the opportunity to use Bitcoin more widely, then the eyes of powerful countries will definitely fall on the countries that own Bitcoin, in which case I think Bitcoin may become a cause of war in the future.

[bangjoe]

With the way government of all states are trying so hard to secure the Bitcoin and reserve policy especially the Trump government,  its possible that Bitcoin could be one o the reason why the war especially the recent ones are holding up.

Obviously this statement is very inconsequential, bitcoin is not involved in any war that occurs, it has nothing to do with it at all, how do you correlate your logic and link it to bitcoin without clear elements? bitcoin is a currency that is free and not bound by any geo politics.
This war continues because both of them have nothing to lose or succumb to, therefore the conflict continues to persist to this day.

[macson]

Do you really think Bitcoin could be a cause of war? Holy --- This is the first time I've ever heard someone say that Bitcoin could be a cause of war. I think you should wake up and wash your face before you start a thread about something like this, because it feels like you just woke up and decided to start a thread that sounds so ridiculous.

Bitcoin is just never going to be the cause of anything. If a country starts a war, it's because of them, why bother linking it to Bitcoin.

[Franctoshi]

With the way government of all states are trying so hard to secure the Bitcoin and reserve policy especially the Trump government,  its possible that Bitcoin could be one o the reason why the war especially the recent ones are holding up.

Why would 3 different governments war because of what they can't control? No government would do such a thing. This war isn't a matter of Bitcoin; rather, it's a matter of energy control (crude oil) because the US at some point realized that Iran controls 20% of the world's oil supply. That's why, before the invasion, they went and captured the Venezuelan president and controlled their oil. They're using the nuclear weapon as a proxy. There are numerous things behind this war, but it's not about Bitcoin.

[o48o]

With the way government of all states are trying so hard to secure the Bitcoin and reserve policy especially the Trump government,  its possible that Bitcoin could be one o the reason why the war especially the recent ones are holding up.

It's not some natural resource like oil. Governments don't start wars because they want to steal gold or diamonds either.

Also, you are living in a bubble if you think that rest of the world doesn't revolve around the bitcoin to care enough. Reason trump is talking about it, is because he is enriching his family with cryptos. And bitcoin is just one crypto in his eyes, among many others. And there's no way he understands the concept enough to see differences in them. I mean he isn't even bragging about how he knows crypto better then others, like he does with any other thing. That's how little he understands it. And his government will fall in pieces on these reserve issues after he leaves.

[TheUltraElite]

We never know one fine day bitcoin might become the reason for some war. It is a type of currency after all and although most wars are centered around occupying some territory or resources, bitcoin might be of so much value that one country might attempt to take over it from another.

But I think it will be well off in future even if it happens. The store of bitcoin by countries as reserves is happening covertly and we might be seeing cyberattacks to steal that coins being sponsored by one and others.

[Bitcoin_people]

With the way government of all states are trying so hard to secure the Bitcoin and reserve policy especially the Trump government,  its possible that Bitcoin could be one o the reason why the war especially the recent ones are holding up.

Currently, many countries are highly evaluating Bitcoin as their financial strength and strategic asset, and if there is a war, many will use Bitcoin to solve financial problems. But we can easily say that Bitcoin is not the cause of any war, but rather Bitcoin will become the most important asset for a country in the battlefield. However, there are many reasons behind the long-term nature of the war, especially geopolitical influences and power competition, which can make a country's war long. Due to which many countries have already realized that if there is a possibility of a major war in the future, the country's fiat currency will be weak, considering that, many countries have started reserving Bitcoin. Bitcoin never creates war, rather it stabilizes the financial position of each country and plays a strong role.

[free-bit.co.in]

We never know one fine day bitcoin might become the reason for some war. It is a type of currency after all and although most wars are centered around occupying some territory or resources, bitcoin might be of so much value that one country might attempt to take over it from another.

But I think it will be well off in future even if it happens. The store of bitcoin by countries as reserves is happening covertly and we might be seeing cyberattacks to steal that coins being sponsored by one and others.

Most wars around the world since WWII have been related to religion and territory, especially oil. There has never been a large scale war fought over gold or diamond, as o48o pointed out. Therefore, the prospect of nations going to war over Bitcoin sounds unrealistic and unconvincing.

Bitcoin is just a currency, an asset and to own it, you just need money. Our world would not become obsolete or collapse without it.

Bitcoin is completely different from oil, which is considered the lifeblood of the modern world.