I have never denied bitcoin is 'being used as a MoE' and so your assertion that it was clear that was what you were referring to is nonsensical.

'Here you said it was only us here on stacker news.'

Except I did not say that.

You are misrepresenting what I wrote.

Here is what I actually wrote- 'Bitcoin is barely used globally as a MoE except on SNs!'

Here is my full comment for context-

'Payments hegemony historically derives from trade dominance. USA was the dominant nation in global manufacturing when it gained monetary hegemony. As was Britain. Now China is the dominant global economy in terms of production of manufactured goods and consumption of commodities. Bitcoin may have a role as a neutral SoV refuge / safe haven for wealth and capital but in terms of trade payments (ie SWIFT) China is trending and positioned to gain dominance way ahead of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is barely used globally as a MoE except on SNs!'

So in the context of Bitcoin competing for MoE with the fiat systems I stand by the assertion that BTC is HUGELY obstructed and has only achieved very limited MoE adoption...for example on Bitcoin Maxi enclaves like SNs where we are mostly operating in subtle but explicit defiance of the law because when we do use BTC as a MoE here on SN we are almost all breaching our respective tax jurisdictions by not recording each and every zap and paying the tax due.

This is the absurd extent of sly BTC MoE obstruction by the state which I have repeatedly raised and which you ignore. It is a huge problem because most people are not going to risk breaking the law in order to use Bitcoin as a MoE.

Can you address this issue or would you rather ignore it???

I believe there is no need for hopium. Bitcoin is an incredible revolutionary protocol and has achieved a huge number of victories already. I am thinking about the fact it has survived, grown in value and triggered a huge ecosystem of tech development (eg SNs and LN). One of the biggest 'wins' in my opinion is the way Bitcoin has empowered literally millions of people to save liquid capital and that capital has grown incredibly giving those people who dared to challenge the state imposed fiat monopoly the ability to build many projects and innovations. The ecosystem is amazing and gives me hope. But, the obstruction of MoE use is huge...sly in the case of the west, but still huge. The fud, the KYC, and most of all the sly tax rules making everyday and convenient MoE use actually impractical except for those of us who are prepared to ignore the tax laws. I agree there are pockets of Bitcoin acceptance and maybe they are growing but I don't see much progress overall in terms of reaching the scale of acceptance and adoption required to enable mass adoption...what I see is increasingly the narrative is SoV speculative commodity hopium and increasing KYC and institutional custody which excludes MoE use. Except in El Salvador or some regions of Switzerland is there anywhere where ordinary people can buy a coffee with Bitcoin without the absurd tax recording requirements which make such purchases and use completely impractical? I agree Bitcoin has and does provide some very healthy and much needed competition and alternative to the state imposed fiat monopolies. I see the fiat monopoly monetary system as a hugely corrupting influence on our governments and capitalism itself and Bitcoin as a brilliant way of providing us with an alternative money/capital that is not imposed but which we can choose to adopt and by so doing avoid the states debasement and debt slavery. But the state is aware of this too and this is why they have and will obstruct BTC MoE with all their power and cunning.