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21 sats \ 12 replies \ @SpaceHodler 9 Apr freebie \ on: The euro was an attack on the southern European economy econ
Somewhat OT, but in the spirit of SN:
And then comes Bitcoin, too strong for the south and north alike.
You see btc adoption? Where? Besides my fam?
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Edited while you replied...
It's easier to see if you look at the growth in adoption than the shrinking of non-adoption.
I mean if adoption grows from 0.1% to 0.2%, that's a 100% increase in adoption, but only a ~0.1% decrease in the number of non-adopters.
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In other words: if you look around (friends, family, colleagues etc.), you mostly see non-adopters and you don't see their numbers shrinking noticeably.
To see how adoption is growing, look at online forums, real-life meetups, on-chain stats etc. And you'll see growth.
The sad truth of continental Europe (and most of western Europe countries) is that there is a low perceived difference between Bitcoin and, say, Satispay (a fintech startup that has an easy to use mobile wallet).
Europeans are (generally) able to pay in 4/5 different ways in every shop, very low "unbanked-rate" if compared with other economical zones. Bitcoin is mostly seen as a financial tool, if you are lucky you find someone that sees bitcoin as an economic edge, but commonly you'll find a shit ton of "cRyPtO iNvEsToRs" that cannot even perceive the difference between Bitcoin and, say, Solana(L).
At least this is my experience with regards to Europe.
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Here we go, same experience as you. Europe is basically the less evolved version of CCP with regards to money...and europeans just think that things cannot be changed because they've been always like that, despite the fact that 22 years ago Euro didn't exist and 22 years are really a blink of an eye in economic terms.
I'm quite distrustful on what will be the perception of Bitcoin in Europe...only an extreme economic event could possibly change this situation, in my opinion.
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i assume that there will be a serious euro crisis at some point in the future. i still very much question whether Europeans will then turn to bitcoin. a small, perhaps growing minority certainly will, but the masses will remain firmly entangled in the clutches of green communist propaganda.
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Bitcoin doesn't need Europe. Other parts of the world may adopt it first and that's fine. The Europeans will adopt it at whatever the max pain level is for them. Maybe when Latin America overtakes the EU, for example.