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I won't argue what is going to happen. I do think if bitcoin were to go this way it would lose most of its fundamental value. As border restrictions, sanctions,
by sharperguy 3y ago
I won't argue what is going to happen. I do think if bitcoin were to go this way it would lose most of its fundamental value. As border restrictions, sanctions, KYC, tracking are all applied to the institutional coin, there would be little advantage in comparison to other instruments which generate yield or are more liquid.
In such a world the demand for a truly sovereign bitcoin would still exist, although using it may be out of reach for most, depending on how things play out.
The battle is on, in terms of finding ways to scale bitcoins sovereign transaction limit, and find ways to transact that can't easily be prevented with the wave of a regulator's pen.
- egorfine 3y ago> if bitcoin were to go this way It is already strongly headed this way. I have recently seen an auction by the respected house (Sotheby's? maybe) that was heavily marketed as the first one with crypto currencies accepted. Turns out, as it is customary with marketingspeak, in their terms and conditions they mean something entirely else: payments are only accepted from a couple of US crypto exchanges. So, no blockchain and no crypto at all.