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Yes, I understand that revolutions are contentious because they challenge deeply entrenched systems.
That's why revolutionists do what they do on principle, and on faith. They know the odds are against them, yet they move forward anyway.
Many revolutions, in history, have succeeded against impossible odds. Many have not.
Within the Bitcoin community, there simply is no revolution against fiat. Bitcoiners have nothing more than talking points and narratives. But they DO NOT live what they preach. They love to preach how bad fiat is on shows like Simply Bitcoin, right before pitching a fiat-focused ad from Fold, or spending an hour focused on NGU garbage.
I understand that we aren't going to upend the fiat system over a short period of time. But what I do not understand is why we aren't building more Bitcoin circular economies. Why we aren't building new communities together where Bitcoin is the monetary blood for trade. Why are we, as Bitcoiners, accepting fiat as a "necessary evil"?
You are describing to me why the world isn't moving to a Bitcoin Standard. But I'm asking, "Why aren't Bitcoiners moving to a Bitcoin standard?". See the difference?
BTW, I have visited Madiera, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Roatan etc..... I have spent a lot of Bitcoin at hundreds of vendors. I know there are some places trying to work on this problem. But where is the revolutionary spirit within the US and Europe? Where are the people building communities? Where are the Bitcoiners who are actually trying to use Bitcoin as money? Because if we aren't doing it.... what makes us think the rest of the world EVER will? It will remain nothing more than an "investment" if there aren't brave people who stand up and fight. The idea of a "peaceful revolution" in Bitcoin is just a cope.
For Bitcoin to replace Fiat, it'd have to first integrate with Fiat, then gradually replace it. What do I mean?
The Fiat system has been entrenched in the nerves that run the world, which is "trade, manufacturing, labour," etc, and this has been so for decades, if not centuries.
To oust such a financial system that has been deeply intertwined with human life, especially given the fact that there are powerful people who will go all out to defend this system because of the benefits they get from it, then the only way for Bitcoin to replace Fiat as money and not just be a savings machine is to integrate Bitcoin into the fiat system.
Check out Fiat channels, and you may understand what I mean.
Here: https://standardsats.github.io/ and here; https://github.com/standardsats/fiat-channels-rfc