bitcoin tldr for newfags bitcoin is valuable because it will demonetize money and debt controlled by the state, remove the need for central banks and all implications it has on the world, hegemony of the dollar, has a fixed supply, is censorship resistant, here's how it achieves that: bitcoin governance is split between miners, nodes, users and developers bitcoin is too distributed and if one country or group decides to change it for their benefit (fork) then no one will follow, unless it is the interest of everyone (for instance a bug fix) and since bitcoin is based on proof of work, enforced by miners, which means energy needs to be used to add a block, and that nodes can kick them if they misbehave, there's an equilibrium and a deter mechanism enabled by proof of work, if someone tries to control or attack it they will juste lose a lot of money especially given how much hashpower bitcoin has right now the bigger it grows the harder it is to stop
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