Government currency keeps devaluing, and so keeps people in poverty, unable to save and become prosperous.
Bitcoin allows people the choice to withdraw their support from a system which has left them disenfranchised, to be free of the whims of Zimbabwean economists or Federal Reserve chairpersons. Bitcoin gives a voice to the voiceless, to stand in the face of a system that has forgotten them, and say calmly: "no"
You have a choice. You can choose a currency that is based on the violent threat of taxation and war, or a currency that is based on mathematics, and the confidence of your fellow man. People are forced, in some respect, to use dollars, pesos or euros, yet people use Bitcoin by choice. What does that say about its merits as money?
About me
My name is Kurt Robinson. I grew up in Australia, but now I live in Guadalajara, Jalisco. I write interesting things about voluntaryism, futurism, science fiction, travelling Latin America, and psychedelics. Remember to press follow so you can stay up to date with all the cool shit I post, and follow our podcast where we talk about crazy ideas for open-minded people, here: 