I went to a friend's beach-house this weekend wearing my bitcoin shirt, and of course the conversation came up
. There was this girl who was against bitcoin (with zero knowledge about the topic of course) and we started talking about the "intrinsic value of bitcoin"
Derpina: Bitcoin has no intrinsic value! You can't do anything with it.
Me: Well, you can move value effortlessly from point A to point B.
Derpina: You can already do that! I buy stuff online all the time! I've also payed people with my bank account online. What's the issue?
(Then it hit me, she was complaining earlier about the physical move she had done earlier this month. How it it was a bitch etc etc )
Me: Remember when you said you moved your house?
Derpina: yes?! aaand
Me: What if you could move all your stuff from the old house to the new house without help from anyone? last week, you had to call your friend to help you move, then you had to rent a truck etc etc right? What if you could just say "couch, go from house X to house Y" and BAM it went? Sure, you were able to move your stuff, but you were at the mercy of your friends helping you, not to mention the truck company where you rented the truck and you have to pay them and trust them and hope they don't fuck up your couch. Now, remember, the bigger the house you're moving, the harder and more expensive it gets. Also The further from current house you're moving to, again the harder and more expensive it gets. ( And some times you simply can't!) Same with the way you move value today. You are at the mercy of the banks. With bitcoin, you can say "like a good neighbor, Blockchain is there! hey blockchain, can you move 40000 BTC from this account to this account!?" and BAMMM there it went. No permissions from anyone, no filling out form, no appointment, nothing! As easy as leaving a Facebook comment for someone. Now, isn't that a valuable piece of technology?
Derpina, HAHAHAH hmmmm I don't know, I'll have to look into it more.
Me: There you go
