<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>hodlonaut wrote</title><author_name>hodlonaut (npub1cj…wj2rh)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1cjw49ftnxene9wdxujz3tp7zspp0kf862cjud4nm3j2usag6eg2smwj2rh</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>Premise: Bitcoin&#39;s core value is to be Money. As pristine money as possible.&#xA;&#xA;Fee competition and congestion due to grift spam works as a tax on monetary use, which is obviously negative towards being pristine money.&#xA;&#xA;But more seriously imo is that using Bitcoin for other purposes than money, introduces hidden economic dilution/inflation.&#xA;&#xA;Spawning thousands of competing tokens, memecoins and NFTs on Bitcoin, leveraging its security and reputation, diverts capital and attention from BTC itself.&#xA;&#xA;Speculators and normies chase these derivatives out of greed, instead of holding BTC for its scarcity and monetary properties. &#xA;&#xA;This is like expanding the &#34;pie&#34; of BTC as a value carrier with junk assets. BTC&#39;s monetary premium gets diluted as the chain becomes a crowded data/token platform rather than pristine money.&#xA;&#xA;Conclusion: Any standardizing or facilitating of non monetary use of Bitcoin undermines its core mission and value proposition.</html></oembed>