Re: 12 years later and people still don't know to use Bitcoin nor what it's good for
Thank you GazetaBitcoin, the text is very interesting.
And I thank you for your post
This is very important. If a person doesn't want certain information to be personal, they can share that information with anyone or publish it. No one has the right to compel a person to keep any information about themselves secret.
Correct. But it is like saying that nobody forces someone to live healthy. If someone wants to die at 40 because of a stroke -- it's their decision, right?
I once wrote an article on this topic. It’s in Russian, so I'll quote a translation of an excerpt from it here
I already offered here a very thorough reply.
This is absolutely true. Every time we use the services of any business, we lose money. It doesn't matter to whom we give it: the exchange for matching two orders, the bank for issuing a bank card, the hardware wallet manufacturer for the wallet, or the Lightning service provider for opening the payment channel. Within capitalist relations, the consumer always loses money.
If you view businessmen as enemies, it's better to never use their services at all.
If you view businessmen as enemies, it's better to never use their services at all.
Bitcoin was invented to eliminate third parties, which only want a buck for any possible person. I am using Bitcoin the way it was meant and I am advocating for that. I am also trying to help as many people to do the same.
There are some businesses which are necessary to live -- e.g. a grocery store, from where you buy bread, milk and so on. Or the company providing electricity. But you can live -- and live better! -- without many other companies and, for sure, without exchanges (at least centralized ones) or banks. Bitcoin facilitates peer-to-peer transfers so there is really no need to use a centralized exchange to do that for you. Regarding banks, I am coerced, by my employer, to have a debit card where my salary is paid. But when my salary is paid I cash it out entirely in the same day and I pay for the rest of the month only with cash. Nobody is supposed to know what I am doing with my money, besides me.