Quote from: betswift on June 16, 2025, 12:23:56 PM

^ I just hope we will eventually change from "ultimate store of value" stance to use BTC for real, at least for bigger purchases.

Not likely, because that's sort of where bitcoin began and over time it morphed into what it is now (or at least what many people consider it), digital gold. I'm not saying I disagree with you, but when big money players are buying up bitcoin by the truckload and never intend to use it to finance anything, it isn't likely anybody else will.

Seriously, who here uses bitcoin to buy anything anymore? I barely even see it being discussed on the forum like it used to--whenever there used to be a big merchant who started accepting it, it was a huge deal. Now? Nobody seems to be pushing for that, nor are merchants announcing anything of the sort. Things can and do change over time, but I didn't think I'd ever see people stop celebrating the adoption of bitcoin for anything other than a tool for making money (though it's always been that, it was never exclusively that if you know what I'm saying).