Beautyon
Beautyon
Jul 21, 2017 · 1 min read

Sure, the fact that there is a limited amount of “tokens” (i.e. BTC) means that users are paying for the right to use the protocol,

They are paying for the power or ability to use the network. This is an important distinction.

but soon they’ll realize that the point here is not with which “coin” they do the transfer, but instead that they *can* do it.

Which coin is everything. Its Bitcoin alone that has the network effects. There is only one internet, and there will only be one Bitcoin.

Back to your e-mail example the rising price of the BTC now is like people paying to have an e-mail account while there’s plenty of free ones around with comparable characteristics.

Not so. All the “free ones” are not on the Bitcoin network but are instead, on other, incompatible networks. Beleive it or not, there is a solution to this that will be able to bridge all coins into a single network. This will not cause Bitcoin to cease being the “root money” however.

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