Oddbean

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 80 IQ maxi pleb hot take:

Bitcoin doesn't have a yield. Fixed cap assets don't generate native yield but they can extract yield from broken fiat currencies often with huge counterparty risk. 

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Few

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 What about lightning channel fees?

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 That's the closest thing to yield but most don't see it that way since you're providing an explicit technical service and there isn't a robust economy for that yet.

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 Those are payment for providing liquidity and routing services, and come with a risk of not having that bitcoin in cold storage. No risk-free yield there.

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 Oops: 

Work. Produce value. Save in bitcoin. Personal responsibility. Self or collaborative custody. 

Wait.

Win.