Investing General Discussion

If your argument is that the US government is powerful enough to make pretty much any store of value useless if they want to- sure i agree.

What i meant when i said it was largely beyond the reach of govt manipulation was that it records every transaction on an immutable public ledger that cannot be altered or censored, and has a hard-coded supply cap of 21 million coins that prevents monetary inflation. This stuff at least makes it *resistant* to tampering, seizure, or debasement. Way, way more resistant than fiat currencies issued by governments.

I'm not saying btc is perfect- nothing is- I'm saying its 1000x better than fiat.

They're fine with you holding BTC because there's always a paper trail for it. Even if they can't make you give up your keys, if they know you have it, they can tax you over its value and throw the legal system at you if you don't pay up. Monero has been banned from many exchanges because it was actually private.

I asked Grok to predict the next cyclical bear several times over the last year and it's been fairly consistent in saying late 2025/early 2026.