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From a technical perspective, can you picture anyone in the economy integrating stablecoin support but not Bitcoin as well? Who in their right minds wouldn’t accept Bitcoin if a customer is willing to give it to them? And how many issuers and chains are you going to support? You’re going to support dozens of implementations? But not the one simple, clearest, stablest, most secure implementation of digital cash? I just don’t see any but the most ideologically driven institutions adopting stablecoins but not Bitcoin. To me that’s the real Trojan horse. You install stablecoin support thinking that’s what the customer will show up with, and you add Bitcoin support as well because it’s trivial, so why not, and then to your surprise after a couple years you realize Bitcoin is the money your customers actually prefer (Thier’s law + Metcalfe’s law). And since the rails being adopted would only move Bitcoin, not paper Bitcoin, you can’t succeed with fractional reserve (Gresham’s law). Personally, I think stablecoins are just the final shitcoin boss. They are the gateway drug to hyperbitcoinization. They are the Trojan horse that quietly wires up the new system. Thoughts?
2025-11-08 19:32:06 from 1 relay(s) 1 replies ↓
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I think people will initially prefer to use stable coins. It's similar to what they know & are comfortable with. It's an upgrade from their visa debit card. It opens their eyes to Bitcoin though. It provides a new bitcoin on/off to people. It will initially be a trogen horse for Bitcoin adoption. I think in time this on/off ramp will be shut down but it will have planted seeds that cannot be stopped.
2025-11-08 20:25:30 from 1 relay(s) ↑ Parent 1 replies ↓ Reply
I don't care, it's not my party or my beer. I can currently receive Tether on 6 chains & instantly swap it out for liquid BTC. I don't have a way to easily receive circle yet in the same way. It's pretty impressive since I have no idea how any of these shitcoins work aside from liquid & I'm not about to waste more time that I need to on them. Having tether available gives me more ways to buy stuff from people who don't know what money is. It's not my first choice of currency but I'll take it if they have it. I think you underestimate the incentives driving the proliferation of stable coins. They're more about financing USG debt than cheap, easy USD denominated payments. They'll figure out a way to make it easy & convenient for normies even if they have to choose a winner.
2025-11-09 02:14:33 from 1 relay(s) ↑ Parent 1 replies ↓ Reply
I agree with you, I can see all of that happening, and I can see them choosing a winner I can see merchants and money services all across the economy adopting that winner I just can’t see them not offering bitcoin alongside, without a ban on it, which is a Streisand effect It looks to me like all roads lead to bitcoin
2025-11-09 02:19:08 from 1 relay(s) ↑ Parent 1 replies ↓ Reply