For 5000 years, people have agreed:
3000 BC: Money should be scarce.
2000 BC: Money should be scarce.
1000 BC: Money should be scarce.
0: Money should be scarce.
1000: Money should be scarce.
1500: Money should be scarce.
1900: Money should be scarce.
1914-1970: Ok but what if it’s not.
1971: Money is what the gov says it is.
1990: Financialize all the things.
2008: Oops maybe not.
2009: Money should be scarce -> Bitcoin.
2010-2019: Bitcoin makes no sense.
2020: Money printer go brrrr.
2021: Wait maybe bitcoin makes sense.
2025: Money should be scarce.
A currency that can be infinitely printed by a government is an anomaly.
You don’t have to accept it, opt out with bitcoin.
The 50-year mortgage is actually brilliant if your IQ is over 120.
Everyone else is screaming about debt slavery while the rest of us are running the numbers like, ‘Wow, I get to pay less per month AND the dollar collapses faster than I can?’
Congrats, you just turned your house into a leveraged short on the United States government.
Millennials finally get a win, and it’s betting against America’s ability to do math.
I have no opinions on whether changing sats units to bitcoins is a good idea but it would make BTC compatible with the financial world.
Right now most banks cannot book a currency with 8 decimal points.