Oh yes, I knew that.
It's just that the narrative of not spending Bitcoin has taken hold, so we are totally harmless to the state.
If you have to sell Bitcoin for fiat currency in order to buy things, it means that the state has you totally under control and on top of that you're going to pay taxes on your Bitcoin.
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Open Bazaar was one of my favourite projects, and I tested it when it was active, but there were a few bits which they were never able to decentralise. Nostr market places have got to be the future for using Bitcoin.
not to be a contrary cunt but is it possible that instead of the "don't spend your coin" mentality people are looking at their potential purchases and thinking i'd rather spend dollars, euros etc while they buy me x amount. the sats are worth more to them in storage than in the system. i say this as i used btc to buy a lifetime usage of simplelogin. for some spend and replace others may have what they have and aren't fully orange pilled yet.
Also strike is hitting my inbox hard on the BTC backed loans. no shade to Jack but i have no investments to back yet. leave me alone
there's a more scary variant that you pay taxes in bitcoin.
not everyone can/is willing to go black (not even gray)
