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> I never understood how "But Can I buy Starbucks with Bitcoin" became a meme Because you've never read the white paper. Which is titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Pe
by bufferoverflow 6y ago
> I never understood how "But Can I buy Starbucks with Bitcoin" became a meme
Because you've never read the white paper. Which is titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System".
Unfortunately the payment aspect of bitcoin got ruined by the people who decided to lock the block size at 1MB (+segwit). Which resulted in blocks being permanently full, transaction pools clogged, and transactions fees insanely high.