Treating #Bitcoin just as a financial/monetary asset is a very limited view of what Bitcoin really is: freedom, financial autonomy, freedom of transaction, privacy, technological innovation, philosophy and ideology, protection against inflation and financial accessibility.
In your opinion, what does Bitcoin represent for you?
You loose all the inflation benefits when you pay the fees everytime you use or transfer . How are you more free when its difficult to use anywhere
Fail to see how freedom has anything to do with ease of use. Fees on lightning are a fraction of debit/credit card fees, which are passed down to you. Sidenote: The internet was also difficult to use 30 years ago, totally didn't work out.
You cant use lightning or any crypto anywhere except on niche online communities. Not very useful. When you do cash out, you have to pay ridiculous fees.
Ok, ligjtning has low fees....not useful yet except for zaps lol
Along with those things Bitcoin represents the first real way to opt out of being completely subjugated by the state and a way to defund a violent institution by opting into an alternative (uncontrolled) monetary Network. It means a lot to me.
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