Quote from: NeuroticFish on Today at 01:44:55 PM

Maybe you are not aware, but the biggest holders are exchanges' cold wallets. And this means that if you keep money on an exchange you'll pay for that money from your own pocket.
Also, if this was not stated when people have deposited their money into their wallets, then it's basically stealing.

we are talking here hypothetically.
first exchanges were the bridge to introduce bitcoin - the marketplace of conversion fiat to crypto, the way to come on board for non miners. without them it stayed underground and probably won't survive. but now they become a burden > speculative, evil platforms for manipulation, exploitation and greedy enrichment. for ordinary people to carry on transaction with each other they have no need (unless you want to convert btc to fiat, but why would you do that if you can buy and sell everything with btc / remember we talking hypothetically and about near future /). so in case the fee for holding luge sum of BTC will be implied most of the exchanges will extinct.

Quote from: NeuroticFish on Today at 01:44:55 PM

Nope, it won't. You imagine the somebody who doesn't have money for food will buy a smartphone, connect to the internet, get 121$ and then pays 5-10$ in fees to spend it? And then use it for every day currency?
The barrier before using it as currency is its transaction speed and costs, which will be fixed by LN at some point.
If you'd redistribute Bitcoin, you'll make it worthless. Also, as discussed, if you'd do this, you'll get money from those actually work for that money - in a way or another - and give it to those who didn't. Even those who were using Bitcoin will run away from it. You'd make more problems than you'd fix.

exactly, the main limiter for btc to become a mean of payment instead of mean of investment is speed and fee, but as you said yourself lightning network will cure it at some point. i can't see why redistributing bitcoin making it worthless. instead, more people will start using it if it will become more accessible. for now with this spike of institutional buying bitcoin moving further and further away from a common homosapien. and nobody "get money from those actually work for that money - in a way or another - and give it to those who didn't". this will not be a steal but a sale. the point is that every person need money to live a happy/ healthy life. but excess and extravagance leads to all kind of illnesses, physical and mental. same goes with btc, keep what you realy need, rest is for sale.