Quote from: Loveday422 on August 09, 2025, 10:15:06 PM

let crypto be teach in primary school today I believe with the teaching it will reduce poverty Grin

Did you finish your higher education 15 years ago, and was it in finance? Since this is in Serious Discussion, let's be serious about the underlying value - where does the value come from? I believe the value comes mostly from the social element, as there is nothing else propping bitcoin up other than FOMO (social). In today's economy bitcoin is a safer bet, but tomorrow will that still be the case? I know the US government has plans to harden its power grid, as well as a hundred other deficiencies in a dozen other sectors, but they have not budgeted for climate change (Trump has called it a hoax). No matter how large your emergency fund is, if you have constant emergencies eventually it will run out as will your credit limit. Will the thirsty masses stand for water being diverted to bitcoin miners or electricity being diverted away from residences/AC to power and protect the internet lines, which are now more important than gold?

If you had put $1500 into bitcoin in 2010 and not touched it, maybe you'd have $200 billion today - depending on how many other people also invested. There is only so much money to go around which is why bitcoin is not price at $500K. If you are a smart investor, you can still make very good money with bitcoin (it's very volatile) but teaching children to put all their lemonade money into bitcoin and HODL is no different than stealing from them.