Bitcoin wasn't built just to protect wealth from inflation.
While we're stuck on "bitcoin is better savings," its true potential as “cash for the internet” is much bigger.
And yet in 2025, most still buy bitcoin with ID checks & face scans…
Can we not do better?
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Over 10 years after Silk Road, bitcoin has changed a lot.
From individuals & companies to nation states buying it, adoption is exploding.
But Ross' recent release is a complete narrative shift: bitcoin is now globally respected money w/ its original free market ideals.
Bitcoin's real change in the world?
Enabling anonymous strangers to conduct commerce without knowing each other.
Back in 2011, an entrepreneur could run an open marketplace for the world to trade freely, without borders or discrimination.
Today's infrastructure lets anyone build almost anything anonymously with minimal overhead.
Bitcoin was the missing piece with Lightning, Tor, Linux, and Nostr to have global operations on day one without bank accounts while still accepting payments.
Bitcoin-native marketplaces are inevitable.
When sellers secure bitcoin in collaborative escrow, the risks nearly vanish for both parties, like on @peachbitcoin.
Similar models now exist for borrowing, lending, and hiring talent. The potential appears limitless.
Just as Airbnb transformed staying in stranger's homes, bitcoin enables exchanging money with complete strangers online, KYC-free with no identification whatsoever.
This may be just the beginning of what's possible with bitcoin financial services.
Why settle on face scans?
Read the full piece on bitcoin's evolution from underground tech to a global monetary network, and why bitcoin is completely changing internet-native commerce.
One thing that is inevitable: the next Airbnb or eBay is bitcoin-native.
https://peachbitcoin.com/blog/can-bitcoin-free-internet-commerce/
Rant from a Peach community member 🍑🧡
Northants Bitcoin Walk
in Northampton (UK)
every second Sunday of the month
