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Bitcoin is not sound money yet. But it can be, if we apply sound economics, put in the hard work, and bring the grit required to finish what began with Bitcoin. Then “Fix the Money, Fix the World” can become more than a slogan: it can become reality.

Fix the money, fix the world is obviously such a faggy slogan.

Think about it; you really need someone else to do the thinking here for you?

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Good point, thanks. Will change.

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I think this is an interesting question:

Bitcoin’s fixed supply is not the flaw Green believes it to be. It is exactly what one wants from base money. The real question is whether a sound credit layer can be built on top of Bitcoin without recreating state money, fractional-reserve, or speculative credit expansion. That is the question we must ask, and the monetary system we must build.
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I really enjoyed this whole post, but ik struggling with the BitCredit concept. I've tried to wrap my head around it a few times, but am still a little fuzzy:

Bitcredit aims at a different monetary object: not tokenised fiat, but Bitcoin-denominated commercial credit. The unit is Bitcoin, the backing is real goods, the settlement asset is Bitcoin. It is not just about payments, but financing without artificially imposed gatekeepers.

It is probably the consequence of my own ignorance, but when the article describes these credit bills, I don't understand what it means.

In particular I don't understand how this works:

the Bitcoin-native, self-liquidating commercial credit: instruments issued against real goods already sold into the supply chain, denominated in Bitcoin, maturing upon their final sale, and extinguishing themselves upon settlement on the Bitcoin mainchain. That model never requires a sale of Bitcoin.

The self liquidating part is curious to me. But also most of the other statements in this paragraph.

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"Self-liquidating" essentially means that fiat banks are not needed, central bank monopoly forces them in.

In Bitcoin, finality now comes from the goods being sold by the merchant. Economic reality.

Best try it out, it's FOSS. The 'finished' parts (Alpha versions) are already open repository on GitHub.

Retail money (for everyone, instant, private, cheap):
– Apple https://testflight.apple.com/join/EjhdhNFh
– Android https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.bitcr.wallet

Wholesale money (for businesses):
– testnet.minibill.tech

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Interesting, so gold was a base layer rarely changing hands, with paper credit notes becoming the moe

In that context, Bitcoin is a base layer with Saylor's credit narrative...ergo..paper Bitcoin

Not in agreement lol

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Well. a monetary system simply does not work without the right kind of paper.
Neither do they work with the wrong type of paper.

Not the right place for a lack of nuance.
In any case, it does not ask for permission.

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