Quote from: Rustam Meraj on Today at 01:27:56 AM

I agree media has helped create wrong idea about Bitcoin. Many people think it is just way to store value or make money quickly. But that is not its main purpose. Bitcoin price can change a lot which makes it hard to use as stable currency. It is also hard to use because there are limits on how many transactions can happen at once which makes fees high and transactions slow. But Bitcoin is still valuable because it is not controlled by any government. It is way to make transactions without needing middleman. Even though it is not ready to replace regular money yet, the idea of financial system that is not controlled by government is exciting and Bitcoin is step towards that.

The core Blockchain network may be impervious from government control, but money supply is not. With how fast institutional investment companies are growing their BTC stack, it won't be long before they're able to manipulate the market in their favor. Such companies will probably even use their holdings to economically influence developers and miners. "Money talks", right?

Luckily for Bitcoin, its code is open to anyone. So if developers get compromised for any reason (or even the core Blockchain network itself), the community can simply make a new fork to strip away big whales and mainstream governments. It's akin to democracy in the real world. The future for Bitcoin will be bright as long as it stays decentralized. Who knows? Maybe scaling issues will be solved in the long run (the LN is not the solution, imo). Just wait and see. Wink