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Skipper | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Your shitcoin currency is losing value faster than fiat. It's hot potato money. I know it, you know it, the market knows it.

#sats over #lightning or #liquid is succeding as currency for small payments, #xmr is not.

I don't care about ETFs, stocks, or Bugattis. The greatest investment you can make is in yourself.
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ShiveringIsles | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Why the hostility? Losing value != useless. The usd loses value all the time but it is still effective as a medium of exchange. I agree lightning is successful as well but nowhere does bitcoin beat monero in privacy of transaction.

Why the fixation on price?
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ShiveringIsles | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I would argue that bitcoins price is its biggest problem. Because the exponential increase in price and invitation of speculators and investors has led to the centralization of bitcoin. And its lack of ASIC resistance just further exacerbates that issue.
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SaberhagenTheNameless | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Don't make me pull up the early 2022 Bitcoin chart. Can't handle the volatility get out the kitchen.

LN and Liquid have trash privacy and even trashier adoption. No one wants to use it unless it's custodial. And DNMs won't touch the stuff.
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Lucky Kite | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 The majority of the tiny number of people that use Lightning also use centralised services like Alby that are not private.  And nearly all of those just use it for Nostr circle jerking.