They gave me a commemorative coin, told me I was the first person to do it, and took my photo with the store manager to post on the wall.

I use Strike wallet and sent money using the QR code at the end of checking out. Couldn't have been easier.

If you want low fees your transaction will take longer too, I see how you could buy a car or a house with btc but how could it ever be practical to buy a coffee with it?

Governments use quantitative easing when ultimately, corporations hoard too much cash and the economy needs to be stimulated (ie, poor people cant afford to eat).

In the scenario where bitcoin replaces our FIAT currency, how will we stop corporations from hording BTC and causing a recession we cant "inflate" ourselves out of?

Edit: posted this in r/BTC it got 50 comments in the first 20 minutes and a couple of upvotes, but the mods deleted my post. Im guessing posting questions like this is not allowed in the main BTC thread and it really bothers me to think about what exactly the mods have in mind when they allow questions like : "hi is it a good idea to take out a 70k loan to buy btc?" And not hard existential questions that actually matter and put in perspective real world usecases

Edit2: trending topic, still 0 upvotes. If this doesnt raise alarm bells im not sure what will. Does anyone else see the like counter is 0 or is my reddit glitched??

Just read in the Proof of Words newsletter about this trend that companies are using Bitcoin as a treasury asset. Is it mainly to hedge inflation, to invest long-term or is it more of a brand positioning thing for tech businesses?

If it is a cash system, there is no reasons for an increase of the price, right?

Or am I missing something in my thinking?

Sure, BTC is climbing against the dollar, but that seems to be more related to the dollar weakening rather than that BTC is skyrocketing.

We can see this if we look at BTC/EUR instead (going up but not quite as impressively) or even at how the USD is performing against other world currencies: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/s/7IM7m9zoAf

What I find particularly interesting however is BTC's performance against gold. In fact, historically BTC/XAU seems to be relatively stable (not super impressive), with peaks back in April and November 2021 and then recently again in December 2024. Never quite regained those peaks since. Nowhere close to an ATH.

What does this mean, how should we read this? Is BTC not gaining as a store of value as much as we were hoping it would?

Newbie here I’m curious where I can learn more about BCH and what’s to stop price manipulation and the price of BCH going to $10,000+ based on speculation with wild swings that encourages people to just sit on it as an asset instead of using it as intended?

https://blockchain.news/flashnews/tom-lee-sees-50-chance-eth-flips-btc-total-network-value-eth-btc-pair-in-focus

I initially invested with the goal of holding long-term, but my confidence in the future growth of altcoins like SUI and ONDO has really dropped. Right now, I’m leaning towards taking the profits I’ve made and moving them into Bitcoin, but I’m unsure whether this is the best time to sell off my alts or wait for the market to go up more.

I’d really appreciate hearing what you guys are currently doing, what’s your plan? Are you holding your altcoins or rotating out? Do you think the altcoin cycle is already over, or still to come? Honestly, I’m feeling pretty uncertain and trying to figure out the best next move. Would love any advice or insights.

I'm new to crypto and don't know much at all, however you please weigh in on my plebeian analysis.

So we all know bitcoin is likely here to stay as it's now infused as a major financial asset and will rise in the community 5 years to new heights. However there are very few actually making long-term analysis, It's all get rich investment hype or scams ect. With the rise of ai quantum computers and more the security and use of cryptocurrency is becoming apparent. Bitcoin will hit 1mil within 20 years.

However bitcoins system cannot handle the amount of transactions in a society for everyday use only large amounts on big purchase . .

That's why there must be a integrated 2d level. One that has a faster but More secure transfer and even storage as visa as a decentralised. Asset. Having 2 separate accounts. And not only that, but development of real assets like crypto replacing the concept of vbucks ect gaming ect. And more.

However

Volatility of the market will remain until a set path to the future remains unclear on individual assets. One will not utilise a unstable asset. One reason butcoin is bit and being used now is its future looks bright.

So. Is there a better coin like etherium or bitcoincash to invest in early that's likely to take off as a second to bitcoin? As use will drive up prices from current lvl.

Although BCH has the same tokenomics and does transactions better, it has yet to reach its own ATH since 2017, let alone surpass BTC.

To me, it looks like people are leaving BCH and are not coming back, not even in bull markets.

I have been thinking about this recently, we have spent years discussing Bitcoin's store of value and it has been established as digital gold, but looking at the future, can Bitcoin evolve to offer more utility? I mean it in terms of daily transactional usage.

Not just talk the talk, it has to walk the walk to expand its utility. Other blockchain projects are touting their utility like DeFi, NFTs, but Bitcoin has mainly stayed in its lane. Has anyone ever used Bitcoin for more than just Hodling? Lmk in the comments.