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79a9f962 | 24 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 bitcoin is the answer, but i believe we have to use it, not just hold it. As the mining is slowing down,the incentives for the miners to maintain the network is use fees. If all we do is hold it, there is less activitie on the network. 
As much as I like to see finicial institutions get into the bitcoin space, the holding of bitcoin isn't helping. We as individuals should be buying using and saving ourselves.
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epiphany | 12 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +7 
 I was going to ask...do people who own bitcoins use it for enjoying life, building physical communitoes, investing in new earth businesses, education., Earth they want to see..or they just hold onto them and wait the raise of value to happen?
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TheGuySwann | 12 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +21 
 The act of savings is a net gain for the economy. Holding bitcoin isn’t taking anything from anyone, quite the opposite, it’s putting real resources into the economy and not taking anything back out.

As far as what bitcoiner do with it, they do everything one would do with money. Because it’s just better money. I live on a bitcoin standard. I get paid in it, I pay people in it, I save it, I spend it. It’s money.
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Artur | 12 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes. Savings create a more resilient economy that allocates resources more wisely, which improves productivity and efficiency.
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epiphany | 12 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I didn't say that holding bitcoin is taking anything from anyone. Just cusrious what people who own them do with them now when it's worthy quite a bit. I asked this out of pure curiosity😀
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drgo | 12 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Time shift…buy, wait, build something better sooner than had you just tried to save conventionally.