In my opinion, multiple large governments removing capital gains would probably do it.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @aljaz 15m
If apple only sold iphones for bitcoin.
We keep thinking something bad needs to happen for people to want bitcoin. What if something great would only be available for bitcoin?
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132 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 9h
Someone like Taylor Swift becoming a bitcoin maxi: only contracting in bitcoin, charging bitcoin for concerts and merch, and publicly endorsing it as a world saving revolution.
I would have taken the boring answer, if you hadn't already.
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28 sats \ 4 replies \ @Aardvark OP 9h
That would actually probably do it faster than my answer.
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42 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 9h
My shittier answer was if the US government went on a bitcoin standard, requiring taxes to be paid in bitcoin and only making its payments in bitcoin.
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26 sats \ 1 reply \ @Msd0457890 5h
Although I don't think that option is that far away, the Bitcoin reserve is something that is already present.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 5h
The bitcoin reserve doesn't really move the adoption needle much, because it doesn't get anyone using bitcoin.
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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 8h
That would definitely do it.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 6h
Treat it as money. Stop the tax when it’s mined stop the capital gain tax when people spend it. I think a lot more suppliers would accept it for payment
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 5h
A realization of hyperinflation should do it.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 5h
It's a good question, for me the fall of the fucking Fiat system would be the answer to your question, although I highly doubt it will happen.
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105 sats \ 1 reply \ @0655ea03bc 7h
If a few more burger chains accepted it
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 5h
certainly
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286 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 9h
De minimus exceptions to capital gains, KYC, AML, OFAC, etc.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 6h
Forget de minimus! It shouldn’t be taxed at all
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheL0wner 6h
large online and or national retailer adoption. Amazon, Walmart, or some such.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 6h
$1,000,000 per BTC which is why I think that buying and hodling is still the best way to orange pill
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162 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 9h freebie
Interesting take. Removing capital gains would definitely help.
But I think what would instantly catapult adoption is a "real pain point" event — like:
Mass bank freeze or currency devaluation
Global censorship of payments
Or a major tech company fully adopting Bitcoin (not just holding it)
Pain or massive utility > incentives, in my opinion.
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @0655ea03bc 7h
If we see a sustained period of S&P and USTs down but bitcoin up I could imagine there would be some fomo
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 8h
The collapse of the USD?
~$7T USTs need to be rolled over before Christmas - if the interest rate the market demands is significantly higher then the US government inches closer to insolvency- where the increasing cost of servicing your already massive debt load triggers a runaway reduction in investors prepared to put their capital at risk.
In such a scenario the FED could step in and buy USTs but this again could still trigger panic in UST holders and a sell off that would be an effective run on the USD.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Dkryptoenth 8h
More crypto sensitization events and kiniko kiniko
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 10h
My guess is that it's already happening at an almost correct pace. Every now and then you see merchant adoption which definitely brings adoption. If catapult Bitcoin adoption means like the adoption of it as currency, it l'll require a complete shift in the logistics of money. Bitcoin needs to be accepted from the production level to the merchants.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Alice_and_the_Wonderland 23m
Little extreme case here, but if government begins seizing property or cash, forcing CBDC like crap in the name of preventing future crimes, people may come to appreciate the value of self-sovereignty and turn to BTC as a truly tangible asset they can own.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 1h
A think a bitcoin hub in every major city would dramatically accelerate adoption, I have seen it first hand in Austin in just 5 years with PlebLab. Like most tech revolutions, localized activated communities help spread knowledge, trust, and practical use cases faster than online alone. Bitcoin requires both.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsMoro 1h
ya, I agree. Removing cap gains would be huge
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Mishawaka 5h
Banking system collapse while bitcoin continued pumping out blocks
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