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40 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby 6h
I like thinking about markets in darwinian terms. But I've always preferred the term survival of the fittest. As you say in your piece:
It also implies that whatever does survive is more fit. If governments are able to break bitcoin's promise of censorship resistance and permissionless-ness, then fiat money is more fit. Also, it implies that bitcoin is fighting for its survival.
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109 sats \ 0 replies \ @kira OP 6h
“Fitness” in markets has nothing to do with justice or morality — it’s pure ability to resist and adapt.
Fiat isn’t “fitter,” it’s a predator that controls the environment… until something survives outside its cage.
That’s Bitcoin.
It’s been dodging its traps for 15 years, and every failed attack makes it stronger.
The day it stops resisting, it will no longer be Bitcoin.
And that day hasn’t come yet.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 2h
It is.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 3h
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7 sats \ 1 reply \ @Machiavelli23 6h
Comparing Bitcoin adoption to natural selection makes sense because as people say “Bitcoin is an IQ test”. Those who adopt Bitcoin will thrive and those who don’t will suffer. Those who decide to continue using fiat will be left behind and eventually will have to adopt Bitcoin or go extinct along with fiat.
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7 sats \ 0 replies \ @kira OP 5h
Yes, although I wouldn’t reduce it to just “IQ.”
Bitcoin doesn’t select for academic intelligence, but for the ability to question, learn, and adapt.
The difference is that in this process, the prize isn’t a diploma… it’s keeping your sovereignty.
And those who remain trapped in fiat don’t lose by accident — they lose because they chose not to change.
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0 sats \ 7 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 4h
Well written, factually correct and positive but ignoring the huge obstruction of Bitcoin by governments and banks who where it is allowed are strongly steering the use and narrative toward Bitcoin as a speculative commodity, not a form of money.
Bitcoin is rejected as a MoE by all autocracies and where it is technically allowed to be used as a MoE it is taxed for CGs on every transaction making practicable everyday use all but impossible.
I hope Bitcoin MoE use can grow but fear the determination of governments and bankers will continue and it will be captured and controlled as a speculative commodity increasingly held by corporate custodians, KYCed and taxed, and rarely used as a MoE....this is already the trend and has been getting worse for several years.
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21 sats \ 6 replies \ @kira OP 3h
You’re right that governments and banks are pushing the narrative of Bitcoin as a speculative asset and placing obstacles in the way of its use as a medium of exchange.
But that doesn’t change Bitcoin’s nature: its base layer remains censorship-resistant and usable without permission.
The real challenge is for more people to learn and use those parallel routes.
In the end, this is the real process of selection: those who adapt to operate outside the framework the system tries to impose will continue to have sovereign money. The rest will be limited to the domesticated version the system offers them.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @brunenzio 2h
I too am concerned with the way the narrative on Bitcoin is being shifted and with how KYC is becoming the new standard.
I fear that the argument of those that adapt will thrive will not stand because the average human has no time or energy to adapt to Bitcoin technological side because of too much work and cognitive load to survive basic needs. This systemic weakness of our society will for sure be exploited by central authorities unless the parallel routes are made more accessible.
I undestand that when the situation gets ugly people discover resilience and may be forced to learn new things despite them being difficult, but I am not optimistic about what the threshold of ugliness is, especially for people in EU and US who are quite accustomed to "comfortable solutions".
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @kira OP 1h
It’s true that the technological and mental load is a real barrier, and that most people will choose the comfortable route if it’s available.
That’s why the key is for parallel routes to become simpler and more accessible, without losing sovereignty.
Adaptation doesn’t always come from interest — many times it comes from necessity… and necessity arrives when the “comfortable” solutions stop being comfortable.
That’s when Bitcoin and those who use it in a sovereign way can make the difference.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @brunenzio 1h
The point is that the threshold for comfortable being no longer comfortable may be met when things are very bad.
Therefore, I guess the best thing would be for parallel routes to become simpler and more accessible. I am not really knowledgeable in the developments of bitcoin-adjecent solutions, but I guess/hope there are a lot of smart people already considering how to counteract the shift of narrative by simplifying things.
My little personal effort will be that of understanding how to use P2P solutions and how to use lightning without relying on third parties.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kira OP 51m
Exactly, every step toward simpler and more sovereign routes matters.
You don’t need to be a developer to contribute: using, learning, and sharing knowledge about P2P or Lightning is already part of the solution.
Resistance isn’t built only with code, but also with people who decide to step away from the domesticated version the system tries to impose.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 3h
Agree and while private custody remains an option there is hope.
Already many amazing things are being done enabled by Bitcoin and I am hopeful this will continue.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 3h
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