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# James Babb I believe Satoshi intended to BTC to be store of value. ...

*April 7, 2024 — Comment Archer T. Ships replied to James Babb's comment.*

James Babb I believe Satoshi intended to BTC to be store of value.  But I don't think he intended BTC to _only_ be a store of value--BTC was clearly intended to have  _all_ the features required to be a practical currency:  private, fungible, not very volatile, and low transaction costs (money, confirmation times).  BTC fails on all of those fronts, BCH fails on most of them. IMO, Monero and Zcash most closely approximate what Satoshi intended these days.