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 How would you explain bitcoin to a complete newbie (me, lol)? #asknostr 
 Refugio de valor, libertad, dinero sin intermediario  
 It is a form of money that is on the internet. With this money you can send to a peer of your choice, anywhere around the world without any government, bank, or any other 3rd party involves. It is strictly peer to peer. 

Benefits: 

Your Money (Bitcoin) is secure by math and cryptography (code)

Low cost 

No trusted 3rd party 

Free to use 



Summary: 
Bitcoin is digital money that exists on the internet, allowing you to send it directly to anyone, anywhere in the world, without relying on banks, governments, or middlemen. It’s secured by advanced math and cryptography, making it highly secure. Transactions are fast, low-cost, and accessible to anyone with an internet connection.


Hope this helps 
 Truly free, fair and permisionless money 
 with a zap 
 Limited supply - 21 million total bitcoins.  Ever

Permissionless - you can’t be ‘un-bitcoined’, sanctioned, or blocked from any transaction.

Trustless - you are your own bank.  No trusting third party intermediaries. 
 Bitcoin is hard money you can’t fuck with. Enforced by code. Secured by human greed. A perfect self serving incentive structure. 
 The equivalent to Neo in the Matrix asking Morpheus why his eyes hurt, and being told he had never used them before. 
 Four words: "Hands off my money" 

(said to banks and govt) 

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 Imagine if math was money, and to get more money you had to solve eye-watering math problems.  
 Bitcoin is the optimal engineering solution to money. 

Read the Bitcoin Standard and Layered Money and you’ll end up with a solid start to understanding Bitcoin and money objectively. 
 Any attempt to create something indestructible would result in bitcoin.

Encryption is proof that God loves anarchists, and built the universe specifically for them (us).

Bitcoin is pure value, isolated from any material medium of transmission.  
 It's like a book that later becomes the most popular movie series of all time but irl.
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 It's just money. A new form of money that isn't controlled by anyone or anything and therefore it can't be manipulated or corrupted. 
 Bitcoiners are all like: This is the moment I've been waiting for 😂😂😂
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 It's hard to explain. Bitcoin and the technology behind it solve many problems we face today and in the future. 

Imo, summed up... Bitcoin is the Nikola Teala of finance.  
 It's just a type of money for the Internet. Nobody controls it, so it's fair.

Keep learning!  
 It's the greatest savings technology every created.  
 It's money without inflation. It will be here forever. Stack accordingly.  
 Just #zap em .. 

Is there a better way to #bitcoin ?

#askNostr 


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 It’s a decentralized global digital currency completely secured by energy with an incentive structure that punishes bad actors.