dagav

Physical money has value because we have an economy. If you have a USD, you can come to the US and spend that dollar. Bitcoin doesn't have an economy, it is literally a meme. The only thing you can do with it is trade it for real money.

The value of USD is based on the US economy. The value of Bitcoin is based on people's perception of the value of Bitcoin.

The odds that this is a coincidence are approaching 0.

Population centers are only one concern when you are building a nation. For example, where do you grow your food?

It is an objective fact that 55% of the land area of the State of Israel is the Negev desert.

I suppose, I just have a feeling that the most powerful capabilities of cyber super powers are yet to be seen.

Israeli intelligence is working around the clock to disrupt the actions of terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas. There are countless terror factions who's sole purpose is to destroy Israel and execute a second Holocaust. You don't hear about the terror plans which were foiled. You don't have sympathy for Israel because they are winning.

What if you could shut down their water processing plants? Their electricity grid? Their internet? How long would it take for that state to collapse?

Why invade a country, when you can shut down its infrastructure and force them to surrender? War isn't won by killing, its won by conquering. I also suspect that machines will be so effective at killing, that you won't be able to find soldiers stupid enough to fight them head to head. We have yet to see the full capabilities of a cyber super power.

More than half of Israel's land area is desert. It's quite hard to develop a nation in the desert.