Dear Readers,
In today’s world there seems to be quite a bit of confusion around Bitcoin’s true use case. Some people see it as a speculative investment. Others focus only on the amount of energy used by the Bitcoin network. And there are even people who think Bitcoin has no use case at all. They’re all wrong.
Bitcoin is money. Just like the fiat sitting in your pocket, but more secure. Just like the gold waiting to be pulled from the ground, but more portable. Just like the credit sitting with your card issuer, but decentralized. Without a doubt, Bitcoin is the best iteration of money humanity has ever seen.
We probably all agree that money has a number of uses. For that very reason, it’s extremely surprising to see how many people try to argue that hodling Bitcoin somehow means you aren’t using Bitcoin. As if money is only useful during the brief moment that it’s used to buy something…