It's not savings because you don't actually control it, the consensus network does. If all goes well you can influence that network to deliver value to you in future, but that is true of all investments.

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Again, you are adding things to the definition of savings that do not apply. Unilateral sovereign control is a desirable but not necessary component of a savings instrument. All that matters for the definition is that you have value/purchasing power now, and you want to preserve as much of it as you can until a later date, so you utilize this thing to do it. That’s it.