> Bitcoin has a neat feature of not requiring armies or vaults to protect itself. That premise is false. If Bitcoin wins out and becomes dominant, nations wit

> Bitcoin has a neat feature of not requiring armies or vaults to protect itself. That premise is false. If Bitcoin wins out and becomes dominant, nations with very large economies (in particular) and a lot to lose accordingly, will absolutely have to use their militaries to defend the networks that power Bitcoin. There is no scenario where Bitcoin becomes a lot bigger and doesn't require military protection globally. It'll require military protection as much as any other super asset, if it reaches the scale of the others that comprise a large chunk of national wealth in a given country.