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As tangible as the dollars in your bank account. Arguably more so, since you can actually hold your own private wallet and put it on physical storage.
Why wouldn't it be? It's a transparent decentralized ledger with a finite supply that is not controlled by anyone so no one can manipulate the supply like the Federal Reserve does with the dollar. Just like no one can print more gold out of thin air, the same is true of bitcoin.
BTC was originally freedom money but it was hijacked and has been turned into something it was not designed to be. It was supposed to be peer to peer digital cash, but the peer to peer function has been degraded to the point that it's impractical to use it that way.
If you're talking about security of your own funds, it's as safe as you make it. If you're talking about the network as a whole, it's safe as long as anyone in the world is maintaining at least one copy of the blockchain. The entire internet could go down and yes it would still be safe. Energy is a factor only for miners.
I don't know the 20 things you're talking about, but as far as the dollar, if it became tied to BTC like it used to be tied to gold, then the dollar would become sound money once again.
It is mined, not minted, and anyone with the resources and desire can do it. There are no specially designated entities who can punish you for mining without a license.
What kind of physical storage? A safety deposit box?
Where is the ledger? Who has access to it? Can it be corrupted?
Who owns the ledger?
How do you spend bitcoin at a farmer's market or a kids school fundraising popcorn sales?
How does one know how much bitcoin they truly have? Is Math required? Or is counting sufficient?
Does the value of bitcoin change? Why? Who sets its value?
Is it true currency or currency already corrupted by fraud and misrepresentation?
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(Truth stands up to scrutiny.)
What is required to be a bitcoin miner?
Lots of options: Encrypted thumbdrives, specially designed hardware wallets, an old cell phone, and for backups you can etch your private key into steel.
Anyone can download the full node software and retain a copy. It's completely public and permissionless. No one owns or controls it. There are tens of thousands of copies around the world, all constantly checking each other to make sure it's not corrupted.
No one!
Just talk to the merchant, have them set up a wallet and then scan their QR code.
The wallet software automatically keeps track of your balance. If you have multiple wallets or coins other than BTC it gets more complicated but there are multicoin wallets that support that too.
No one "sets" the value. it's determined by supply and demand. BTC max supply is 21 million, released according to a predetermined inflation schedule over the next ~140 years, USD supply is essentially infinite, therefore BTC is deflationary over time relative to USD.
Since it can't be directly controlled, TPTB have tried all kinds of tricks to manipulate the market. The biggest issue is Tether (USDT), which is basically a private entity that prints its own tokens and claims 1 USDT = 1 USD, but they have no backing whatsoever, and they will use this to buy up BTC when economically convenient for the big institutions. For whatever reason, people just accept it, but it is the elephant in the room when it comes to BTC's "store of value" proposition.
Thank you for your patience with my questions. I have a few more if you are willing.
How does bitcoin affect the money supply now and in the future? Will economic reporting, banking, and insurance industries have to change to support and include bitcoin? Will it be costly? Will it contribute to further inflation due to these implementations costs flowing into the costs of goods and services passed on to already strapped consumers? Will utilities costs increase to families because of the AI and bitcoin energy consumption?
Will bitcoin be mandated? Will it be like the Electric Vehicles of the financial industry?
Think of Bitcoin less as a currency and more as a way to store and transfer larger amounts of money outside the bank's and Government's control. Especially for small and big business.
A gold/silver backed blockchain currency for day to day transactions (notes/coins) would be amazing.
Businesses wouldn't need to be forced to accept any of it. It can be a choice for them. If a customer offers Bitcoin to buy a car and the dealer says, no they don't accept Bitcoin. Fine, the customer can go to another dealer and the dealer can just sell to someone else. Or vice versa. The consumers will drive the demand as they always have. When credit cards came on the scene many businesses jumped on board right away, others took awhile and some still don't accept them. Same with personal checks. Consumers also have the choice to transact with cash, debit, credit. Freedom of choice needs to remain.
No problem! Thanks for asking good questions.
I can't see the future obviously, so it's anyone's guess what will happen, but if you think about those other industries you mentioned, how would they work if they weren't based on a currency that can just arbitrarily print more units whenever needed?
What if the government did not have monopolistic control over the money supply? What if they had to provide a real service and earn their money like the rest of us?
Most people earn their money by trading their time and energy at a day job. Your time is finite and scarce, but the currency you earn is infinite. What if you ignored the USD valuation of bitcoin and focused on earning directly in a currency that you know will appreciate relative to USD? What if you had access to cheap energy to run mining rigs at home, and they earned enough to totally offset your energy bill and then some? Could you quit your job and dedicate more time to doing what you love? Spend more time with your family? Improve your quality of life? Start a business?