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If bitcoin was originally intended to be a decentralized digital currency, why are people treating it like an investment? Isn’t the point of currency to be used as an instrument for money or a medium to exchange goods/services?

Just to spitball an example, if a small government printed money for its population and the majority decided to hold on to their money instead of using it as it was intended, consequently the government would have to print more money so the population can function and this would lead to the value of the printed money going down.

I think bitcoin is going down because people are not utilizing it the way it was intended and it’s driving the demand for its use down. Welcome to hear your perspective on this.

My wife and is planning our financial future.
Currently 100% of the money we are investing going into index funds.

Is the expected returns for bitcoin higher than 10%PA? We want to diversify, but are hesitant to invest i bitcoin.

What are your thoughts?

Hey all! It's Brian from the Bitcoin Conference again 👋

i was just thinking about this post Jack Mallers posted earlier this month: https://x.com/jackmallers/status/2062172971678990577?s=20

on days like today, I feel it's very important to come back to this and remind ourselves why we're all here, why i'm here, and why this space and community are so amazing.

maybe you'll find this useful as well, but i just had to share it :)

"We’re living through the greatest wealth transfer in human history." 🫡

personally, i'm staying humble and stacking sats through the highs and lows.

anyway, i definitely want to think about this more in terms of utility. i think bitcoin's fundamentals, no matter the price, are strong, concrete and transcend conversations around price tbh

how do you usually think of bitcoin on days like today and what are your words of wisdom to new bitcoiners?

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