[brucephillips]

> I speculate that at first people want to use it as a store of value, but after a critical amount of holders, and having a lighting network, users and merchants could also adopt it as a currency.

Why would they? Why should I buy things with BTC instead of USD? The fact that I've yet to hear a convincing answer to this most fundamental question is the strongest indicator that BTC is a bubble.

I do agree that BTC could become gold, though.

[nadam]

If you already adopt it as a store of value it can be convenient to use it also for payment if:

- it is convenient

- has low transaction fees

- fast

But I agree, store of value is the most realistic mainstream usecase of cryptos.

[brucephillips]

USD beats BTC in all of those features.