Oddbean

I mean… Bitcoin was built to preserve purchasing power. As long as fiat exists, which loses purchasing power no matter what, why the fuck am I going to spend my sats? Why judge people for using one of the primary pillars of bitcoin - SoV? And who the fuck is anyone to judge how I use and spend my stored energy? They can fuck right off.

Bitcoin was not built for any one reason. It had a number of different properties, without knowing which, if any would take off. Of all of them, the SoV use case, was perhaps the most unlikely. But it ended up being the one that caught people's imaginations. Nobody knew at $7 that it would go to $70,000, but that's what happened. Amazingly. Now, an important thing. Given that is how bitcoin has developed, there is a social contract between those that build it, work on it, maintain it, and the user base. We have to respect the way in which bitcoin is used. And that is primarily as a SoV. Anyone that is NOT doing that is simply flexing, and putting their own ego before the project. These are the dangerous people, because they will bur the thing to the ground if they dont get what they want, far more than any competitor. As you rightly state, bitcoin is for everyone, and that gives them the freedom to do what they want with bitcoin. Anyone saying otherwise is an attack on bitcoin.

100%. What's REALLY nice is those that don't respect it and use #Bitcoin correctly will lose it (get poor). The great equalizer of VALUE. What we truly give to others in REAL energy/need/desire is rewarded.

I don't judge for using the SoV pillar. I do judge for *not* using the MoE pillar. I get quite sad and upset every time a merchant stops accepting bitcoin because "nobody uses it". Of course, you do you, but maybe the thing is that you still hold too much fiat. One day you might lose your fiat privileges and then you will regret not having enough people/places accepting your bitcoin for necessary living expenses and people refusing to pay you in bitcoin for your work.