Kosmatos Nexus

Computers, capital, and the future.

Bitcoin vs. Fiat

New! I made this into a web site, with even more than this list: https://bitcoin-fiat.com

Bitcoin is finite
Fiat is infinite

Bitcoin is open source
Fiat is closed source

Bitcoin is delayed gratification
Fiat is instant gratification

Bitcoin is decentralized
Fiat is centralized

Bitcoin is saving
Fiat is spending

Bitcoin is money
Fiat is debt

Bitcoin is peace
Fiat is war

Fiat is inflationary
Bitcoin is deflationary

Bitcoin is hope
Fiat is hopelessness

Bitcoin is property
Fiat is thievery

Bitcoin is your servant
Fiat is your master

Fiat is coercive
Bitcoin is voluntary

Fiat is immoral
Bitcoin is immortal

Fiat is money mandated
Bitcoin is money chosen

Bitcoin is freedom
Fiat is control

Bitcoin is your energy bank
Fiat is the chain they yank

₿ - Buy
$ - Sell

Bitcoin is the future
Fiat is the past

Bitcoin mining uses electricity
Fiat mining uses you

Bitcoin is love
Fiat is hate

Bitcoin goes to the moon
Fiat goes to hell

Bitcoin is signal
Fiat is noise

Bitcoin is solid ground
Fiat is quicksand

Bitcoin is clarity
Fiat is obfuscation

Bitcoin is rules
Fiat is rulers

Bitcoin is honesty
Fiat is lies

Bitcoin circles the earth
Fiat circles the drain

Bitcoin is self-responsibility
Fiat is victimization

Bitcoin is Fuck You Money
Fiat is Money That Fucks You

Fiat grants government the ability to run your life
Bitcoin grants you the ability to run government

Bitcoin is rules without rulers
Fiat is rulers without rules

Fiat gives you compounding debt
Bitcoin gives you compounding wealth

Bitcoin lets you own a fixed % of the whole
Fiat lets you own an unfixed % of a hole

Bitcoin takes time and effort to create
Fiat takes no time and effort to create

Bitcoin is 12 words in your head
Fiat is 12 bullets in your head

Bitcoin is proof of work
Fiat is proof of war

Fiat is currentcy
Bitcoin is futurecy

Fiat is income tax tech
Bitcoin is income stacks tech

Fiat is the bubble
Bitcoin is the pin

Bitcoin is an exotic sports car
Fiat is a broken down Fiat

Fiat is money by force
Bitcoin is money by choice

Fiat breeds welfare and weakness
Bitcoin breeds strength

Fiat encourages high time preference
Bitcoin encourages low time preference

Fiat gets more debased
Bitcoin gets more based

Bitcoin is personal property
Fiat is common property

Bitcoin talks
Fiat bullshit walks

Fiat must be used by everyone, or else
Bitcoin can be used by anyone, no or else

Fiat: HFSP
Bitcoin: HF not SP

Fiat is sand
Bitcoin is spice melange

Bitcoin is the root that breaks concrete
Fiat is the concrete that breaks roots

Bitcoin is the phoenix protocol
Fiat is the paper pyre

Bitcoin is the unburnable library
Fiat is the match in the librarian’s hand

Bitcoin is the eternal flame
Fiat is the smoke that blinds

Bitcoin is the uncorrupted vote
Fiat is the ballot already bought

Bitcoin is
Fiat isn't

Bitcoin is everything
Fiat is nothing

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Some of the items in this list are mine, some are edited versions from this Twitter thread by @GunnarStoedle. Some are from tweets such as this, this, this, this, this and this tweet. Oh, and this and this one. And Saylor's. Also this. + Adam Back. And me in 2013.