Also: you want to buy things with USD (or invest/lend) because USD kept under a mattress will deteriorate. While Bitcoin by structure is supposed to never deter

Also: you want to buy things with USD (or invest/lend) because USD kept under a mattress will deteriorate. While Bitcoin by structure is supposed to never deteriorate, just increase in value. Everyone else's saying this: the value of Bitcoin is either zero or infinity[]. This was clear way from the beginning, and while I regret not cashing in on the bubble before. [] This assuming the normal continuation of capitalism and the global concert of nations where there is openness to commerce and multiple fiat currencies. Of course, in Mencius Moldbug's dream (who first called for something like bitcoin in '08) where strong authoritarian government prevents other currencies from hanging on... it's an utopia. We might as well trade in time credits.