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Comment by cactus2093

Don’t speak for everyone there, “we” don’t all have the same reason. I like Bitcoin as a diversification for being a “better version of gold” - it has the scarcity and you can physically own it but it is much easier to store and send anywhere in the world if needed.

These properties also mean that in a pinch, if you live in an unstable society or one facing high inflation it can work as an alternative financial system.

But I’ll never understand the westerners that seem to be almost rooting for their own society to collapse just to have another reason to use Bitcoin. I don’t have any real need to be independent from banks, and I am lucky that I live in a pretty stable society where that’s true.

parent cactus2093 5 years ago

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