What is "money" ? I would say really TWO things: a store of value and a means of payment. It's first and foremost a store of value, a battery. You store wealth in "money", and spend it later. You don't want the battery to leak. Bitcoin does not leak. Second of all its a means of payment. You want something, you use that "money" to pay for it. Right now, you can't pay for much in Bitcoin. You can't also pay for much with Stable Coins. That second part will change first. You will be able to use USDC everywhere. In restaurants, or in a Souk in Marrakesh. Once that happens, bridges and wallets will make it easy to actually pay for things in Bitcoin. The "unit of account" falls from these two things. Once you hit both, by definition you are a "unit of account". Bitcoin will hit both. It will be a viable (dual) money in 20 years or so. Most places. And then eventually the dollar will just dissapear. No need for an inferior money. Bitcoin only. Economists don't understand this,...
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