<story><title>What Satoshi Did Not Know (2015) [pdf]</title><url>https://www.ifca.ai/pub/fc15/89750001.pdf</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dnprock</author><text>I think Satoshi didn&amp;#x27;t know that Bitcoin would not be a medium of exchange. It will remain digital gold. Bitcoin cannot fulfill its original promise to be electronic cash. This is the hardest hurdle for bitcoiners to understand. They think that sky high value of Bitcoin would transform it into a medium of exchange. But I think it&amp;#x27;s a false promise from Satoshi.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bitflate.org&amp;#x2F;post&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;24&amp;#x2F;bitcoin-will-not-be-a-medium-of-exchange.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bitflate.org&amp;#x2F;post&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;24&amp;#x2F;bitcoin-will-not-be-a-m...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The biggest hurdle for cryptocurrency adoption is a medium of exchange. Most investors waste their time playing around with buzzwords like DeFi.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>uncletammy</author><text>&amp;gt; Bitcoin cannot fulfill its original promise to be electronic cash.&lt;p&gt;Not as long as the Bitcoin core developers are actively sabotaging BTC&amp;#x27;s development so Blockstream can sell you the solution.  Bitcoin was hijacked and it may never recover.</text></comment>
<story><title>What Satoshi Did Not Know (2015) [pdf]</title><url>https://www.ifca.ai/pub/fc15/89750001.pdf</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dnprock</author><text>I think Satoshi didn&amp;#x27;t know that Bitcoin would not be a medium of exchange. It will remain digital gold. Bitcoin cannot fulfill its original promise to be electronic cash. This is the hardest hurdle for bitcoiners to understand. They think that sky high value of Bitcoin would transform it into a medium of exchange. But I think it&amp;#x27;s a false promise from Satoshi.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bitflate.org&amp;#x2F;post&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;24&amp;#x2F;bitcoin-will-not-be-a-medium-of-exchange.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bitflate.org&amp;#x2F;post&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;24&amp;#x2F;bitcoin-will-not-be-a-m...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The biggest hurdle for cryptocurrency adoption is a medium of exchange. Most investors waste their time playing around with buzzwords like DeFi.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>specialist</author><text>An escrow vs a currency.&lt;p&gt;(File under &amp;quot;hunch, but just guessing.&amp;quot;)</text></comment>