Quote from: nutildah on Today at 05:51:39 AM

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The new question: Is Bitcoin truly "a failure", if it was used more as a Store of Value than for "Coffee Transactions"?

My answer: No

While I consider the "store of value" narrative to be a bit of a lame copout ("we failed to make bitcoin feasible for microtransactions so let's invent this other quality for it to have as a replacement"), so long as anybody at all is still using it to conduct "online payments sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution", then its not a failure. If every last bitcoiner became a HODLer, at that point I would consider it to be a failure.

As long as some people continue to use bitcoin for that which it was designed and built, it cannot be a failure.

I appreciated with you bitcoin is not a failure.
Bitcoin make stronger needed for some of technical knowledge (Ex: trade, HODL, analysis knowledge etc.) so think bitcoin born with profitable but losses for missing decisions or wrong analysis to go that then result losses or failure the dream.

Quote from: nutildah on Today at 05:51:39 AM

While I consider the "store of value" narrative to be a bit of a lame copout ("we failed to make bitcoin feasible for microtransactions so let's invent this other quality for it to have as a replacement")

The good point here when we think in general terms we make many small things very complicated or difficult which is why many times we think even simple things are very difficult. As far as i can see those who work with Bitcoin are very intelligent and have benefited over time.