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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 25 May
There's the marketing aspects of Bitcoin that are huge for its popularity:
- Organic engagement: no paid ads, just users telling friends and family what they find and exchanging knowledge
- Brand recognition: Grandmas know bitcoin and have an idea, even if superficial, of what btc is.
- First to market: being the first to do something gives an unquestionbable market advantage
- Loyal users: most bitcoins ever created were never spent, and may never be
- A great name: Bitcoin sounds like digital money
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