Strong disagree. Do you think we would have this level of adoption if Laszlo hadn’t bought those pizzas with Bitcoin? If everyone had just hodled and never used it? Of course paying in fiat/stablecoins is (currently) more convenient and smoother. It’s weaker money, and the rails of the fiat system have been built over hundreds of years. When you pay in Bitcoin, you send a HUGE message to the merchant, their staff, and their customers: “This is the money I choose, and I value your service enough to pay you with the best money ever created.” Just ask yourself: would you rather be paid in Bitcoin or fiat? We’re from Argentina as well, and we spend, tip, and zap in sats every chance we get. Hyperbitcoinization is inevitable, but it’s up to us whether it takes 20 years or 100. Normalizing Bitcoin and making it real and tangible for everyday people is how we accelerate adoption. Especially considering how easy it is to Spend & Replace thanks to Lightning. In our local circular economy, @TheBitcoinBasin , 50+ merchants currently accept Bitcoin and the main reason is simple: we actively support the merchants who are open minded enough to accept it. When you offer to pay in Bitcoin, you create an incentive for merchants to consider it and eventually accept it. Paying in Bitcoin is one of the easiest and most effective ways to get people started on their Bitcoin Journey. It’s almost a public service for the network…just like in the early days, when people gave away literally hundreds of bitcoin so others could become familiar with the technology. It’s your money. You can do whatever you want with it. But if you want to see hyperbitcoinization in your lifetime, consider using it.
I barely use Bitcoin for payments. I come from Argentina where you would be a fool to not spend the weaker money and save the stronger one. So to me it's (and for you it should be) obvious that Bitcoin is long-term savings and fiat and stablecoins handle ordinary payments.

Aug 25, 2026 · 1:20 AM UTC

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Agreed. People should spend their bitcoin, and it accept it for payments, because then the world becomes a better place. The people who only care about money, i.e. the price of Bitcoin, make the world worse off, as we have seen with Silicon Valley.
I have grown up in SV my entire life. I know many of the guys who built the computer revolution going back to the 1960s. For decades. Countless old guy back in the day stories I have sat and listened. I say this with zero reservation, Chamath and his contemporaries consumed the culture of Silicon Valley to get rich. Did they “pass it on”? Mentor? Build stuff for fun? Contribute to the community? No, nothing. They did nothing but take. They are takers. And therefore are losers. Chamath is a loser. And if you met him, you’d know that he knows it too.
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