Question.
Does bitcoin's status as an inflation protected asset conflict with it being an asset of speculation for hedge funds and investment banks?
I don’t think so, it’s just part of markets. It has to coexist with any fishy market participants being there, couldnt really be prevented in any way. Winning really requires overcoming all possible obstacles, there’s no real way to remove them all beforehand. Especially when it’s a human behaviour problem and not a technical one.
Satoshi did an incredible job developing bitcoin. But I wonder if there were some conflicts of interest, which he himself did not anticipate. In which case, it is possible that there is room for improvement as far as BTC design and development go.
Satoshi nailed the core monetary design. Any change there would lead to worse money. There’s still a lot of room for users improving their practices around using Bitcoin.