Melkis
@melkis
📍1. Bitcoin wasn’t born to be a fancy PayPal When Satoshi launched Bitcoin in 2009, the goal wasn’t just to “send money digitally” (we already had PayPal and wire transfers for that). The real disruption was removing the need to trust middlemen. 🔑 Satoshi’s vision: “A peer-to-peer electronic cash system that allows online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.” That’s way more disruptive than a banking app.
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Melkis
@melkis
📍2. What Bitcoin truly revolutionized • 💣 Money without masters: no central banks, no governments, no corporations. • 🏛️ Financial sovereignty: you are your own bank (with risk, yes — but with real freedom). • ⛓️ Radical transparency: every transaction is auditable by anyone. • 🌍 Global access: all you need is internet. Forget KYC, agencies, borders.
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Melkis
@melkis
📍3. And today? Did we evolve or stall? Bitcoin remains a store of value (digital gold), but the crypto ecosystem exploded into much broader directions: 💸 Crypto payments • Crypto cards (Visa/Master with USDC, BTC): now handling hundreds of millions in volume, mostly via stablecoins. • Lightning Network (BTC): promises instant payments with almost zero fees. Still gaining adoption. 🛠️ On-chain creators and designers • NFTs with automated royalties: designers can sell art, music, videos and get paid globally without platforms. • DAOs and bounties: designers are rewarded for creative contributions in decentralized projects. A global, self-managed job market.
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Melkis
@melkis
📍4. And the traditional system? • 🏦 Banks still charge you for not having money (fees, overdrafts). • 🐌 Money still doesn’t move 24/7 across the globe. • 🔐 Centralized control still exposes your data, limits your access, and manipulates currency.
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