{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"hodlher wrote","author_name":"hodlher (npub187…4exkz)","author_url":"https://nostr.now/npub187w4ykkurr3e89mm0rg5p49x6lveqtq0pp0um7qyk6xyrpeerx3s84exkz","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.now","html":"Fun thread to read here ^ thanks for sharing your thoughts.\n\nI asked nostr:nprofile1qqsvf646uxlreajhhsv9tms9u6w7nuzeedaqty38z69cpwyhv89ufcqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm4wfex2mn59en8j6gpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet5lzw932 about this once in the Q\u0026A session of Mailbag Monday. He went on a rant about how it doesn’t matter what Satoshi intended for Bitcoin. Just like, it doesn’t matter what the creator of the internet intended it to be used for. It’s a protocol that anyone can use how they see fit.  \n\nHe also mentions how it’s the same people who preach freedom who then say that Bitcoin should only be used in this specific way that I approve of. That was convicting for me.\n\nIf I’m for freedom, I’m for people being free to use Bitcoin as they want. \n\nHowever, I don’t understand Michael’s long term play - become a bank in the future? Provide digital credit backed by his stores of Bitcoin? \n\nA related but sidebar thought - what will become of stocks / the stock market? Will there be a system that’s recreated but using bitcoin as the unit of account instead of fiat currencies to invest in bitcoin companies? \n\nCurious about your thoughts on these matters. "}