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789e4172 | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Bitcoin self-custody for all is not possible. Why do people keep saying that it should be the goal?
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Meridian | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 the concept of streaming 4k video over the internet was viewed by many to be impossible, at a particular point in time.

it's important to remain cognisant of our ideals and goals, as new innovations may re-shape what is possible, through time.
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Starknet | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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789e4172 | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That's a bad analogy. Bitcoin has a block size limit and an average 10 min block creation hard coded in the protocol. 

The internet would have been very different today had a maximum bandwidth been hard coded in 1989.

There are about 1,000,000 active bitcoin addresses. Let say each address is own by a different person, which is not the case, that's 0.0125% of the world population. Blocks are full and there are currently over 290,000 unconfirmed transactions.

Self-custody for everyone is not possible. It is mathematically impossible.
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Meridian | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 i'm simply articulating why it's important to remain cognisant of ones ideals.

thanks for the lesson on bitcoin.
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