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      "body": "But the broader question is whether BTC is a \"good\" store of value, and even beyond that, is it a store of value that the populace will accept, independent of it being good or not? A far more difficult question with many possible answers. I will admit that its volatility, as you pointed out, makes it a poor store of value, at this time. Just like the brick of a cellphone Michael Douglas used in \"Wall Street\" was a poor example of mobile communication, at that time. We could list endless analogies of initial technologies that were laughably inadequate at the time, but were refined by the visionary outlook of their innovators, the ironclad resolve and determination of their developers, and the increasing realization and demand of the end-users.\n\nIn BTC, I think we have all three. Nakamoto was clearly a genius-level visionary, if nothing else, to be able to set the world on fire with a 9-page white paper! 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      "body": "Hi CI,\n\nAnother insightful video! It got me thinking about BTC and the markets in general. Not sure where or when the term \"altcoins\" got coined (lol) but it seems like a natural and reasonable description of the landscape. I wonder if it was just a analytical construct that we use out of convenience or is it a tacit subconscious admission that BTC is, indeed, the bedrock of this whole experience.\n\nIts like a childhood game of tag and BTC is the \"safe\" base we can all run to when Mr Market comes to nab us. We know this in our minds but act in a manner which suggests we trust it on a deeper level than mere intellectual cognition.\n\nOther BTC attack surfaces I have been thinking about:\n1. Altcoins - friendly competitors in the arena. Solution: buy high quality altcoins with staying power (ie diversify)\n\n2. BCash - I consider BCH a special case scenario in that its explicit aim is to destroy and replace BTC. Solution: consider the entire value of bitcoin to be BTC and ALL its forks. Own them all; don't sell off forks if you can help it. Respect the entire family and sleep better at night knowing  you capture all of the action no matter which project moves forward with whatever crazy price action occurs. Suddenly, Roger Ver and Jihan Wu become your b!@#$es and work for you.\n\n3. Insecure exchanges - solution: get a hardware wallet or make paper wallets and take responsibility for your newfound wealth. To paraphrase Trace Mayer, \"If you have newly acquired $1 million dollars of wealth, then you should put in $1 million dollars worth of thought into securing it.\"\n\n4. Centralization of mining - I am not well versed in this area other than knowing BTC's mining network is the most decentralized one in existence. Not sure if its trending toward more or less centralization. The CryptoAsset book you recommended mentioned the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index which can estimate the degree of monopolization of a market. At the time of their writing, BTC mining network was considered fairly decentralized. Here's a more updated and very technical evaluation which tries to quantify the issue so it can be improved:\n\nhttps://news.earn.com/quantifying-decentralization-e39db233c28e\n\nThanks again, CI. See you Monday!",
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      "body": "Hi CI,\n\nThank you for your kind reply. I feel I am speaking for the community in saying that you are providing a valuable educational service to beginners and experienced people alike. Your 100k subscribers is well-deserved and hopefully a sign of even better things to come.\n\nTaking your points one by one:\n\nI. \"The market will always be manipulated as long as there is limited regulations and enforcements. Truly free markets aren't healthy - they are predatory. It's why we have 'limited' capitalism rather than full-on capitalism. For now, much of price action is dictated by a wealthy few.\"\n\nAgreed, the wealthy and powerful run the show. All the weak can do is try to surmise the direction the wealthy are going and align their assets parallel to the prevailing agenda. Either that, or gather your friends, arm yourselves with whatever weapons/tools you have at your disposal, and wage some kind of war.\n\nIncidentally, the predation you mention is probably some kind of war/conflict being waged on the exchanges, no? Who are the players in this war? If I bought BTC at $1000, am I waging war on the guy that bought at $10,000? Have I been enslaved or defeated by the guy that bought at $100? Is this a war with as many sides as their are investors? By entering the exchange, have I become both predator and prey? I should hate to think that I am your adversary in this arena.\n\nII. \"I don't know how much stock I put into the \"store of value\" argument ... It's difficult to convince the general populace that magical internet money is the new gold - especially when most of them weren't really looking for a new gold in the first place.\"\n\nAt the risk of splitting hairs, technically, BTC became a store of value on October 5, 2009 when Nakamoto mined the genesis block and the freshly minted coin was assigned a value based on the electricity used, the hardware required and the expertise in the software. Whether BTC is a store of value is not an open question; it absolutely is and has been for 8yrs now without exception.\n\nBut your broader question is whether BTC is a \"good\" store of value, and even beyond that, is it a store of value that the populace will accept, independent of it being good or not? A far more difficult question with a many possible answers. I will admit that its volatility, as you pointed out, makes it a poor store of value, at this time. Just like the brick of a cellphone Michael Douglas used in \"Wall Street\" was a poor example of mobile communication, at that time. We could list endless analogies of initial technologies that were laughably inadequate at the time, but were refined by the visionary outlook of their innovators, the ironclad resolve and determination of their developers, and the increasing realization and demand of the end-users.\n\nIn BTC, I think we have all three. Nakamoto was clearly a genius-level visionary, if nothing else, to be able to set the world on fire with a 9-page white paper! It was clearly the work of a mind on par with an Einstein or von Neumann. She toiled in the dark and brought about arguably the greatest innovation since the internet itself in total obscurity without fanfare or shameful self-promotion. The core development team has been lauded for their curation of this asset for the past 8yrs. They appear to have significant short and midterm plans for BTC to address some of the technical concerns that have cropped up recently.  And you yourself will have to admit there is a great deal of pent-up demand for something, anything, that might even REMOTELY resemble sound money whose supply cannot be manipulated by central banks and governments, no matter how powerful they are or become.\n\nAs to whether people were really looking for a replacement for gold in the first place, you are probably right that this is not on the forefront of most people's minds.  But I do recall the media gushing over the original iPhone, stating that it was a product with features that we never knew we needed but, in hindsight, could never live without. Instead of a company acknowledging an existing demand and tailoring a product to fit, the product was so artfully created and visionary in scope that its mere existence sparked the demand. The iPhone taps into the hunger for freedom of expression, communication, efficiency, aesthetics, convenience, portable productivity - all the way up and down the psychological ladder, the thing taps into your very core. For proof, ask any 4yo child what mobile game they are playing, or the 84yo grandmother what gifts shes buying for Christmas on that iPad, or visit any Starbucks where 99% of the people will be sipping lattes while staring into their peripheral brains as though in deep, soul-searching meditation.\n\nIts near universal adoption was the manifestation of decades of pent-up demand in the collective subconscious seeded by science fiction (Star Trek communication devices) and science fact (TV remotes, etc). Basically, this thing brought us where we thought we should be by June 29, 2007. And by the way it was gobbled up and permanently grafted onto our lives, it was LONG overdue.\n\nNow think about a population flogged and beaten down by the powerful, abused and harassed daily, intruded upon, devalued, demoralized and dehumanized. Think about the ruling class that have essentially insulated themselves from any semblance of accountability for their actions and decisions. Ask yourself why only one person involved the 2008 financial disaster has been convicted of any crime as far as I know, and he was a mid-level player from a second-tier institution, hardly the mastermind behind the whole debacle. Think about what the populace might be trying to communicate when we rejected Hillary and elected Trump.\n\nA lot of people stare at amazement at the meteoric rise of BTC in 2017. It doesn't surprise me at all. 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      "body": "Hi CI,\n\nThank you for your kind reply. I feel I am speaking for the community in saying that you are providing a valuable educational service to beginners and experienced people alike. Your 100k subscribers is well-deserved and hopefully a sign of even better things to come.\n\nTaking your points one by one:\n\nI. \"The market will always be manipulated as long as there is limited regulations and enforcements. Truly free markets aren't healthy - they are predatory. It's why we have 'limited' capitalism rather than full-on capitalism. For now, much of price action is dictated by a wealthy few.\"\n\nAgreed, the wealthy and powerful run the show. All the weak can do is try to surmise the direction the wealthy are going and align their assets parallel to the prevailing agenda. 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Just like the brick of a cellphone Michael Douglas used in \"Wall Street\" was a poor example of mobile communication, at that time. We could list endless analogies of initial technologies that were laughably inadequate at the time, but were refined by the visionary outlook of their innovators, the ironclad resolve and determination of their developers, and the increasing realization and demand of the end-users.\n\nIn BTC, I think we have all three. Nakamoto was clearly a genius-level visionary, if nothing else, to be able to set the world on fire with a 9-page white paper! It was clearly the work of a mind on par with an Einstein or von Neumann. She toiled in the dark and brought about arguably the greatest innovation since the internet itself in total obscurity without fanfare or shameful self-promotion. The core development team has been lauded for their curation of this asset for the past 8yrs. 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