255. Is bitcoin a currency or a commodity?

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  • @Darth_Tuna
    @Darth_Tuna วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    These bots are the worst. Great video Saif! Thanks for all you do

  • @DanielPekic
    @DanielPekic วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I agree Saifedean. The semantics or subjective definitions do not matter as much as outcomes do. I was attempting to define or categorise Bitcoin in one of my recent videos. Your explanations are always helpful and sensible.

  • @Madosatoshist
    @Madosatoshist วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    - Is it a store of value or a medium of exchange?
    - Yes

  • @Craighugh-1
    @Craighugh-1 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    I'm a Bitcoin maxi that is trying my best to understand MSTR. I think it's healthy to explore opposing viewpoints.

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  • @mikatu
    @mikatu วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Value resides where people see it. I see value in Bitcoin therefore it is valuable to me.
    But there is no law that says that value only exists in physical stuff. Bitcoin is everything to some and nothing to others. In the end everybody will buy Bitcoin at the price they deserve!
    Currency is anynthing you can use to exchange for something else. Like salt, seashells, cigars or gold.
    Even pokemon cards can be a currency. We don't need Bitcoin to be an official currency for it to work!

    • @MBarberfan4life
      @MBarberfan4life วันที่ผ่านมา

      They are convertible with each other. That's why it makes no sense for people to pick and choose.

    • @voluntarism335
      @voluntarism335 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "Currency is anynthing you can use to exchange for something else." That is wrong, what you're describing is bartering and selling non fungible non divisible items is not currency. Pokemon cards are not currency because they're not divisible and they're not fungible.

    • @nannnanaa
      @nannnanaa วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@voluntarism335 everything is subjective and governed by human action.

    • @voluntarism335
      @voluntarism335 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@nannnanaa "everything is subjective" wrong. Money has certain characteristics and without those characteristics it is not a currency.
      With bartering you can still have prices but that does not make it money or currency.

    • @nannnanaa
      @nannnanaa วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@voluntarism335 that is your opinion. like Saif said very clearly in this video- it is better to judge by consequences (or "know them by their fruits")
      If we judge Money and Currency by observation of results then we can position ourselves to be successful in our endeavors.
      You are arguing with people online that your definition of words is better- what do you gain from that apart from masturbation of your ego?

  • @raedbrecan9622
    @raedbrecan9622 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I just wonder, if you pay ur employees in bitcoin (as Saif does) then how is this done..?
    Are you paying them the same amount of bitcoin each month, or depending on bitcoin price at the end of each month??

  • @carlitaticconi6655
    @carlitaticconi6655 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I get the impression that the official definition of bitcoin as a commodity is also related to the continued ability to tax capital gains rather than accept that "number go up" is actually a consequence of the dollar "number go down" technology.

  • @MBarberfan4life
    @MBarberfan4life วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I see a lot of definitions of “currency” or “money” that try to define free market money out of existence. That’s not how definitions work, and I don’t have to agree with those stipulative definitions

  • @eanerickson8915
    @eanerickson8915 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Bank notes are a security.
    Bitcoin is a community.
    Both can be money.
    Currencies are generally anything that is liquid.

  • @mbaddah
    @mbaddah วันที่ผ่านมา

    That ripple roast 😂🔥

  • @Meechdawg
    @Meechdawg วันที่ผ่านมา

    Now this is something I say a lot of time as well, we are forgetting and letting price over take the core utility which is being a peer to peer e-cash system meaning to me its a electronic monetary system with Bitcoin being the currency of that monetary system and that currency also grows in value due to it’s capped supply so yes it’s all three in one but at CORE Bitcoin was meant to be a new monetary system for the people given our fiat system robs us of our wealth.

  • @888WulfDog888
    @888WulfDog888 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    BTC is not a security, it's closer to a commodity but can be used as currency, like all commodities

  • @robsteele2087
    @robsteele2087 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "[A]s it becomes better as a store of value it automatically becomes better and better as a medium of exchange." Isn't the converse also true? That becoming better as a medium of exchange causes the thing to become better as a store of value? Provided it doesn't inflate, of course. Or is the direction of causation mainly from store to medium?

  • @427vot
    @427vot วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This answer to this question is so over complicated. Is bitcoin a commodity. Yes! It like fish or wood. It's something you can own that has value to others. Is it a medium of exchange? YES! Just like I might trade eggs for bananas or bitcoin for oil. The fact that BTC is a commodity that can easily be used as medium of exchange is what makes it special. What makes bitcoin more valuable than fish or bananas is it durability and portability. I can trade my bananas or bitcoin to anybody who needs that commodity. Bitcoin just has special properties that preserve it value (it doesn't rot) and it can easily be transferred easily. Right now dollars and euros are what we are exchanging for BTC. Soon it will oil and grain.

  • @fo747
    @fo747 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1. No centralized starting point 2. Lock protocol, it can't change 3 accountable, all users and developers on the chain need to be accountable through the digital signature. 4 proof of work, it needs to have economic competition Built-In. 5. It needs to have scalability that is unbounded to accommodate the world.

  • @patrick_McD
    @patrick_McD วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bitcoin isn’t used for coffee for 2 other reasons. The transaction fees and the capital gains implication. Both are fixable with tax revisions and lightning.

  • @B05144
    @B05144 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The tribal elder on the right bank sends his son in a boat to the center of the river. The tribal elder on the left bank sends his daughter to the center of the river in a boat. They both get into one of the boats (matters not which). Bitcoin is born and they put it into the empty boat. More empty boats arrive. More bitcoin is released on to the river.
    Any questions?

  • @CalvinGroover
    @CalvinGroover วันที่ผ่านมา

    The commodity title is a Trojan horse to get it accepted before it goes down the currency route

  • @syrupgoblin4920
    @syrupgoblin4920 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    50:45 😂😂

  • @birdmanphill
    @birdmanphill วันที่ผ่านมา

    21:30 Bitcoin is bigger than the British Pound now 😂 at least in base money terms

  • @stopper90004
    @stopper90004 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Saifedian is making the mistake of not pointing out that Bitcoin is not just code, it is code whose value is built on a very physical, and very expensive, network off hardware and electrical consumption necessary for the chain to maintain its integrity and its capacity for processing transactions. This is where the real value exists. That value is further increased by the network effect of new users joining the network and increasing its liquidity through its ability to create fungibility.

    • @Capirotinho
      @Capirotinho 7 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      The argument you're making is basically Marx's Labor Theory of Value.

  • @sinticlase
    @sinticlase วันที่ผ่านมา

    p2p currency according to the white paper and Satoshi

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    @MultiHinrik วันที่ผ่านมา

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    @MarcosAntonio-cp3nb 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

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    @GaryHocking-j6y วันที่ผ่านมา +40

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  • @fo747
    @fo747 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It is both and neither at the same time. It depends what Bitcoin you're talking about. You've got to understand how a digital commodity is created. Bitcoin BTC is definitely not electronic cash. It's not currency because it doesn't flow. Bsv satoshi's vision that is electronic cash because it has super small fees and high throughput.

  • @voluntarism335
    @voluntarism335 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's a currency not a commodity, commodities are physical objects in the real world.

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