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Re: Can Bitcoin be a volatile investment tool and payment method at the same time?
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epiphanyblockchain
on 23/01/2019, 09:18:46 UTC
It definitely can stay both at the same time. It's just that with huge volatility present, the people who are going to use it for payments is just going to be a minority; pretty much like the current state of bitcoin right now whereas pretty much only the people in the bitcoin/cryptocurrency community are willing to pay using bitcoin. With time(probably a lot of time), bitcoin should attain stability as more regulations come in along with market liquidity. This is one of the things that are just a matter of 'when'; then bitcoin can be used and owned widely for both store-of-value and for daily payments(assuming bitcoin is very noob-friendly at that time).

I agree with what you say,and actually if I understand correctly, you are saying that it can technically stay the same, but not gonna work as well for both. Which is exactly my point. These 2 factors are counterproductive to each other. The more volatile, the less people will use it for daily payments. Because that means they are either loosing a lot of money money, or should hold it because they are earning money.
So I'm not sure if I got your idea correctly, but I think we agree on the fact that once it becomes stable, then it can become a standard payment method.
With all the user friendliness included for non-tech users.