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sommerfeld | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 What is the counterargument?
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mainvolume | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 maybe buy #bitcoin
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Alan Siefert | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Bitcoin can also be used as P2P cash via second layers.
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sommerfeld | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Thus far, it doesn't look like that is true
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Alan Siefert | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Why? I do it all the time.
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sommerfeld | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 You sir, like me, are a minority.
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Chilidem | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 I can guarantee there are most layer 2 bitcoin transactions than layer 1 BCash transactions that occur daily.
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sommerfeld | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That's not a very high bar
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Chilidem | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I guess I don't understand your argument then...
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sommerfeld | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 You're mistaken if you think I'm arguing pro-bcash.
I'm merely playing devil's advocate and noting that bitcoin is still a very shitty medium of exchange (today).
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Jameson Lopp | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Bitcoin is not limited to capturing the gold market. The payments market is tiny in comparison to the global settlement / store of value market.