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Jun 15Liked by YourLastLife

Great explanations. Thank you for breaking this down for us.

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Thanks for reading Chris!

This is a topic I hold dear to my heart. I started off poor and wanted to be rich. I wanted to make money but then realized money was a biproduct of something else. I kept on unwrapping the layers.

I think it's really essential to know as much about the components of something as possible.

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Why this irrefutable fact eludes BTC detractors, will always baffle me:

"value is actually “perceived value”

What's not to understand?

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I agree Reggie. All I can think of is that its a default state of reasoning.

Thanks for reading!

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It's 2024. Blackrock, Fidelity and others on Wall Street are now buying bitcoin on behalf of clients. Public companies are adding it to their balance sheet as a corporate treasury asset. The 6th largest pension fund in the country has started buying it. Bitcoin is now being championed by 2 of the 3 leading presidential hopefuls. People would be wise to do a little homework on understanding Proof of Work and why "boring money" is buying bitcoin.

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I totally get why people can be spooked by it with all the Crypto-bros out there and scammy YouTube/Telegram/Signal stuff.

I agree - the flow of adoption seems to be

First Cypherpunks, then tech enabled Libertarians, then Libertarians & speculators, wealthy individual normies, small businesses, big businesses, pension funds then government.

Each step up the ladder needs time and consensus to be enabled.

Thanks John - its great seeing peoples thoughts!

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Agreed and thank you. I talk to people about money/finance in my fiat job and the widespread ignorance about money is daunting. It's refreshing when I do encounter people who have done the homework to get past the noise and find the signal.

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I think its pretty deliberate by the establishment to be honest

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Fiat money is a control mechanism and those who control it never give it up without a fight.

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