Quote from: bird flyin on Today at 12:59:38 AM

Bitcoin is not even meant to be used.

This is incorrect. Even in the title of the bitcoin white paper are the words "A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System." That is what Bitcoin is meant to be about. Technically speaking, Lightning transactions are more "peer-to-peer" than on-chain transactions, but that's besides the point.

Quote from: bird flyin on Today at 12:59:38 AM

If it was meant to be used for transactions the devs would of increased the blocksize.

People are using it for transactions; so much to the point that there is usually a premium to get a tx into the next block (not always though -- right now for instance it costs may 25 sat/byte as cheapest/fastest, which is reasonable, though not ideal).

The devs didn't increase the blocksize because the want it as easy and practical as possible for anyone to run their own node -- not require some

Quote from: bird flyin on Today at 12:59:38 AM

BTC is just number go up, that is why vast majority of people buy crypto.

Well, you keep repeating this but you don't actually have any data to back it. The reason why any asset goes up in price is because it possesses inherent, fundamental value. Sometimes people get duped into buying something with no value, like with Bitconnect, but scams have been around for just as long as finance.

Personally speaking, cryptocurrency has transformed my life, and not just because "number go up" (though it certainly never hurts). It's because I can use it to transform the way I conduct my personal finances, send money, purchase goods and services, make investments, etc. Regardless of whether it sounds cliche, its all true.

What you are peddling is pessimism of the industry, and you can't be shaken from your belief that everyone thinks the same pessimistic way about crypto that Richard has taught you to believe. Well, not everyone believes that, and there's a multi-billion dollar industry springing up around the transformative benefits provided by Bitcoin, figuring out how to accrue profits while saving their customers money in the process.

If a coin's fundamental value admittedly relies on its ability to go up in price, what happens to that value if the price of the coin goes down?

Quote from: bird flyin on Today at 12:59:38 AM

HEX is the first certificate of deposit on the blockchain.

What does that mean exactly? "Certificate of deposit"? Isn't every crypto deposit certified by a timestamp on the blockchain?

Quote from: bird flyin on Today at 12:59:38 AM

There are trillions of dollars locked in CDs in regular finance. Bitcoin inflation is paid to miners that dump the price to pay electricity bills while hex inflation is paid to people that lock up their coins.

Right, you're describing Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake.