The primary reason people believe in βassetsβ that protect their purchasing power is because they have never been able to store money in money.
#bitcoin changes this and everything else as a result.
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I always have to remember that we are living through a one of a kind moment in human history where we have tools no other humans have ever had before.
Bitcoin as is is not money, sorry Jeff.
It lacks base layer fungibility that is either granted by law or by mathematics.
Monero is the base layer money you are looking for. It's early stages which means it is visible (again) only for early Bitcoiners.
Bitcoin with KYC and custodians is unfortunately heading in the wrong direction.
The primary reason people believe in βassetsβ that protect their purchasing power is because they have never been able to store money in money.
#bitcoin changes this and everything else as a result.
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People storeed value in money for millennias. They used gold.
No one sets prices in Bitcoin. No one lends Bitcoin and gets Bitcoin back with interest. Bitcoin isn't use as money. It's an asset at best.
Patience, young grass hopper
Wise words my nigga β€οΈ
The modern idea of diversification implies broken money at the foundation of society.
Bitcoin destroys the diversification myth, gives people real money, and incentivizes extremely rigorous capital allocation.
The result will be a flourishing and prosperous society.
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I found it interesting how in your podcast with Lisa how you brought up this point and she agreed and then she said βexcept for the houseβ. You two talked thru it and you could see her brain break in a beautiful way when it really landed. She got βBoothedβ! lol.
A house should not be a financial asset, it should just be a house. π
We are all trying to really understand bitcoin but that fiat brain dies hard!
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I was just hearing this new insight on your podcast with Lisa Tamati and thought βlet me share thatβ, when I read this post π
People are about to learn what real money feels like β‘
I love when people say it has no other utility.
Christine Lagarde... π€£
Bitcoin is saving. Everything else is investing...
Saving in Bitcoin changes your life and everything
Normies just donβt get it
The hardest of all assets is money is store of value. π
I just came across this wild listicle, "10 Reasons Why You Must Buy an Explorer Yacht in 2025"
where they claim these deep-sea vessels are a smart buy for a decade from now! Maybe that's the ultimate store of value now? π

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I'm not so sure Jeff. Perhaps if you're talking about investors that understand monetary inflation, yes. But most people don't think about it in terms of "purchasing power", they just think that investments make them more money.
For the first time in history, we have a truly scarce, global, and neutral store of value
What's your AUM?
In German using bitcoin is called βein privates VerΓ€uΓerungsgeschΓ€ftβ which translates to βa private sale transactionβ. This language comes from gold and suggests they are used peer-to-peer.
Calling bitcoin an βassetβ is a limiting belief supported by a story called βcapital gainsβ. Language is so powerful.
nowadays i only store value in money
happy that i dont need to chase the better asset anymore
#bitcoin the best money
@hal explain please
Jeff is WISE
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This is unbearable, sorry. Letβs criticise fiat money but also make sense:
It is simply inaccurate that people have βnever been ableβ to store βmoney in moneyβ.
1. Gold used to be money. Great SoV, for millennia.
2. People also invest in land, equities. Both store value.
3. Bitcoin is down severely vs. gold. Has been for 4 years.
Nothing changes. Economic laws are what they are.
Fair point about gold being a SoV, but Bitcoin down against gold? What chart are you cherry picking from? π
Not a cherry picking. You need to look at the price of it gold coins - Not the money illusion of fiat money.
Bitcoin cost 38 to 39 gold coins in 2021 when El Salvador announced legal tender.
Now it exchanges only into 30 gold coins. Too little progress with monetisation.
Lol, it appears you indeed tried to cherry pick a very specific date, but also that you're reading a chart upside down π
Gold has become significantly cheaper per ounce when measured in Bitcoin since June 2021 (0.052 BTC then vs 0.033 BTC now)
Try to be rational.
The goal is to find out what the REAL, the fundamental value of bitcoin may be.
Study up on tatonnement and then look again at a long term chart. Consider the fundamental news at the time of peaks. Consider past maxima which tested the top.
Expressed in a real money like gold not in useless fiat, of course.
Agreed. Bitcoin isn't just another asset.
Bitcoin is a movement towards sound money and individual sovereignty.


Scarcity is the key word in this trust in Bitcoin
Loved the bitcoin well YouTube video. ππΌ
Hi jeff! Just saw an interview where you said you where toying with the idea of writing another book.
You hinted that it would be about how bitcoin raises consciousness and heals the world. That is a really interesting topic and would love to read about it.
Is the book happening? I also think it would be great if you shared more of your toughts on this in podcasts!
Your first book was very eye-opening for me!
Itβs a beautiful thing that Bitcoin is simultaneously money and an asset. It doesnβt give up the slow to liquidate aspects of an asset, nor does it give up the appreciation that just holding βmoneyβ does. It really is quite elegant, value in a completely refined form.
Hi Jeff. This article was published today along with our project Bitcoin Repricing the World. Iβd really appreciate it if you could take a look and share any feedback.


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The primary reason people believe in βassetsβ that protect their purchasing power is because they have never been able to store money in money.
#bitcoin changes this and everything else as a result.
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As always π―
Durability has been stripped away from the mediums of exchange, which we have been coerced into using.
What happens to 'assets' when people realise that there is another medium of exchange that has been discovered?
With perfect durability that you can hold allodial title of, and will transfer value across space and time?
Jeff knows.
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Exactly! I heard you say that in a podcast this week. Thanks Jeff. Love all your interviews π§‘π
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Totally! Humanity has burned centuries of brainpower inventing assets just to survive broken money. Now that itβs fixed, what happens when that energy turns to building/fixing instead of hedging. The compounding of this will dwarf AIβs productivity. Bitcoin has liberated or shall we say unleashed a creative force we havenβt seen in millennia.
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The primary reason people believe in βassetsβ that protect their purchasing power is because they have never been able to store money in money.
#bitcoin changes this and everything else as a result.
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