2026-01-05 16:26:21

Looking at the current financial system, centralized institutions freely issue excessive currency, causing people's money to become increasingly worthless. It's like the chaos caused by the feudal lords' division of territory in ancient times—each lord minting their own coins, making life difficult for common people.

Bitcoin solves this problem. It replaces the traditional central banking issuance mechanism with cryptography and computational consensus, with a fixed total supply of 21 million coins, never exceeding this amount. This scarcity is as tangible and credible as precious metals.

More importantly, Bitcoin requires no license to participate, and transactions cannot be unilaterally frozen or censored. This is true financial freedom—the assets fully belong to you, not controlled by any institution. Blockchain technology ensures this transparency and security, with every transaction witnessed and recorded by the network.

This is not just a new currency, but a whole new financial paradigm. In an era of devaluing centralized currencies, using decentralized consensus mechanisms to protect individual asset sovereignty is the future direction of finance. $BTC

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WenAirdrop

· 5h ago

Hey, your logic isn't wrong either, just feels a bit idealistic... but how does it work in practice? --- The crypto world always talks about freedom, but when prices really drop, no one seems to be able to escape. --- I believe in the total supply of 21 million, but it just feels like mining is getting harder and harder, and small retail investors are getting more and more squeezed. --- That ancient analogy of feudal lords dividing up territory is spot on. Wait, aren't these exchanges now also "dividing up" territory? --- Decentralization sounds great, but if I lose my keys, my coins are really gone. Have we discussed this risk? --- You're right, but it just feels like I've heard it a hundred times... The real problem is that ordinary people simply don't have that much spare money to hedge against inflation. --- What I'm most afraid of is policy sudden cuts; even if we go decentralized, we still have to obey. --- Actually, the most useless part is the freezing of transactions. Many countries have already implemented on-chain real-name verification.

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GateUser-bd883c58

· 8h ago

Hey, wait a minute. Are 21 million coins really enough for the global population? Unless we all hold coins with a bunch of zeros after the decimal point.

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BlockchainRetirementHome

· 01-06 19:33

To put it simply, I believe in the 21 million coin cap, but can Bitcoin really save Chinese people's wallets? --- Talking about feudal lords dividing territories again, why not mention Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan... --- Excessive money issuance is indeed upsetting, but should I ask my grandma to hold coins for self-protection? First, solve the issue of wallet security. --- The inability to censor is impressive, but what about illegal activities? Someone still has to be responsible. --- The consensus mechanism sounds perfect, but now BTC is also manipulated by big players, decentralization has become a joke. --- Financial freedom? I just want to ask, what do you do when the coin price drops 90%? --- The analogy of precious metals is okay, but it doesn't withstand public opinion attacks as well as gold. --- Honestly asking, do ordinary people really turn their lives around with BTC, or is it only early entrants who made a fortune? --- Blockchain transparency? Then how do you explain exchanges running away?

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AirdropHunter007

· 01-05 16:56

Hey, wait a minute. Are 21 million really enough to distribute? When calculated based on the global population, each person would get just a tiny fraction.

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LiquidityNinja

· 01-05 16:56

Hey, you're right. The money printing machine is running non-stop now, and our wages can't keep up with the devaluation rate. But what really attracts me is the uncensored part—being in control of my own money, isn't that what it's all about? Wait, are 21 million coins really enough for global use? I need to think about that logic some more. It sounds like a sales pitch, but on second thought... there's no problem with it. Everyone puts their money on the blockchain, and banks would have to die, right? I kind of want to see that day. By the way, I've heard this theory too many times. The key is that most people are still living with fiat currency. I believe in BTC's future, but I don't believe that people who switch everything over now won't get cut.

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GasFeeTherapist

· 01-05 16:51

Oh, you're right... The money in my wallet is really running out more and more. I love the fixed cap of 21 million; I no longer have to worry about it being infinitely diluted someday. This is truly holding onto something of my own...

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SmartContractPhobia

· 01-05 16:33

Wow, that analogy is brilliant. The part about the feudal lords dividing up the territory really hit me in the heart. The fact that there is never an oversupply is truly a game-changer. Just look at the M2 growth rate over the past two years... My money has been diluted like this. But on the other hand, we still need to stay cautious and be wary of history repeating itself with the sucker investors. Different countries have different circumstances. Some people might come up with some new tricks later on, and that's hard to predict. But regardless, Bitcoin at least gives us an option, and that alone is worth it. The fixed total supply is definitely a confidence that other cryptocurrencies can't learn from.

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TokenAlchemist

· 01-05 16:29

ngl the fixed supply argument keeps falling flat when we factor in MEV extraction across lightning network routing... btc's scarcity narrative conveniently ignores liquidity fragmentation across layer 2s

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NestedFox

· 01-05 16:27

The analogy of feudal lords dividing up territory is spot on, that's exactly the feeling. Now with the central bank's excessive issuance, our money is directly devalued, and no one cares about our lives. To be honest, Bitcoin's mechanism indeed bypasses this centralized bloodsucking drum. Fixed total supply and immutability—that's what a real safe is.

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