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 #bitcoin has a roadblock right now

I know Lyn Alden wrote a book called broken money, TBH who really needs to read it? Everyone knows the monetary system doesn’t work well or fairly, it’s a debt fuelled unplayable system

Even the blind dog knows that…

Bitcoin itself is in a position where “if we aren’t now integrating it, what’s the point?”

In 2017 the world really got introduced to #btc in a larger degree
2020/21 the education, transaction layers and the larger population all know about Bitcoin
2022 podcast overload on the fundamentals of 21m and hardest $ ever

2023 was supposed to be about integration

Your business, your social content, your work…. Instead it became about the USA and what they want to do

Bitcoin in large now is all about the USA

The SEC has a large opinion that counts
Biden got his hands on banks and blew them up
Miners issues with solvency and their future in the USA
Blackrock ETF while everyone now waits for info

Bitcoin was supposed to be for everyone, since the US government is involved, the world sits and watches 

This isn’t the way

The way was forced integration to make it popular to accept Bitcoin as payment

#nostr achieved this and apple took a swipe at Damus…. Nostr however, integrated and flourished

If you’re one of those who sit and wait, think we have 10 years, think it’s invincible, awaiting the USA to come around or an sec decision

I invite you to stop doing that and integrate Bitcoin into your ways of payment for whatever you are involved in, it may take a little while before u get a payer…. It took our business from 2017  till now to get 6 weekly payers

If this isn’t pursued
Then Bitcoin becomes the broken money

Bitcoin itself can’t break 

But if it’s not integrated, then it’s not adopted

Bitcoin is the solution ……

But that means you need to use Bitcoin as the solution

Bitcoin won’t solve anything for you unless you solve your problems with #bitcoin

I’m afraid the window is closing, something like a miner bankruptcy or another Bitcoin related emergency….. then things change

Bitcoin can’t change
Markets do

Make the change, or what’s the point of this whole thing? 

Saying pretty words that give u hope without action become lies that poison the fundamental values of the network

Level up or forget about it 
 From my standpoint, an avarage Joe, money isn't broken, it work exectly as it should, but only for the entities/people in charge of it. For everyone else it is broken because it puts us in a position of continuous deapreciation of our wealth. In the end, rich get richer and middle class gets poorer and "matrixed". On the other hand, Bitcoin takes the power from people in charge, and I believe it can tip the scale. I agree with your points.  
 Appreciate your comment cuz it's got me digging for understanding about this. Found this just now.

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