525: The Rational Investor’s Case Against Bitcoin

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🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Cryptocurrency enthusiasts can’t fathom why Bitcoin will fail. If you tell them that you’re not investing in Bitcoin or other cryptos, they look at you like an uneducated investor, a sheep following the crowd without thinking for yourself. The promise of Bitcoin is so great that you’d have to be an outright fool to deny it, and anyone who refutes the future golden age of a decentralized society is simply mistaken and is only coping with the oncoming collapse of fiat currency and Western civilization. The problem with that theory? None of it is grounded in reality. Today, BiggerPockets CEO Scott Trench is going to prove it. After years of research on Bitcoin, the blockchain, and cryptocurrency as a whole, Scott has come to a simple conclusion: Bitcoin isn’t worth it. In fact, Bitcoin may be worth, unsurprisingly, nothing! But before all you Bitcoin maximalists come out of the woodwork, claiming we’re forever bullish on index funds and real estate, hear out Scott’s argument. Scott will explain the case for Bitcoin and why its end goal is actually quite altruistic. However, five fatal flaws will stop Bitcoin from ever becoming a world reserve currency or replacing fiat money. Besides its fatal flaws, Bitcoin isn’t a foolproof cryptocurrency by any means, and we’ll prove it! Finally, Scott gives his Bitcoin price prediction and his recommendation if you do want to hold some Satoshis. In This Episode We Cover The rational investor’s case against Bitcoin and why it’s NOT an investment The reasons why Bitcoin could change society for the better (but probably won’t) Five fatal flaws of Bitcoin that will stop it from ever taking over fiat currency How adopting Bitcoin could lead to a crashing economy with no growth The blockchain’s big problems and proof that the world isn’t ready to adopt cryptocurrency Scott’s long-term Bitcoin price prediction that will shock Bitcoin maximalists And So Much More! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Money Facebook Group Network with Other Investors on The Path to FIRE Through the BiggerPockets Forums Finance Review Guest Onboarding Join BiggerPockets for FREE Mindy on BiggerPockets Scott on BiggePockets Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Apply to Be a Guest on The Money Show Podcast Talent Search! Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area Find Investor-Friendly Lenders BiggerPockets Money 371 - Bitcoin: Investing Fad or Final Bullet to Fiat Currency? w/Saifedean Ammous Everyone’s Talking About Cryptocurrencies. Should You Invest? 4 Reasons Cryptocurrencies & Blockchain Technology Are Poised to Transform Real Estate 00:00 Intro 02:16 The Case FOR Bitcoin 09:51 5 Fatal Flaws of Bitcoin 14:29 Bitcoin is NOT a Perfect Crypto 21:46 The Blockchain’s Big Problems 26:58 Bitcoin Price Prediction 28:48 What if Bitcoin DOES Take Over? Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/money-525 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In this episode of the Bigger Pockets Money podcast, I, Scott, one of our hosts,
0:04.3	am going to describe exactly what Bitcoin is, what's the thesis behind Bitcoin is that is
0:10.4	driving the zealousness that you may have seen from Bitcoin maximalists.
0:14.6	I'm going to break that down and inform you about why I've rejected piece by piece.
0:19.4	And I'm going to go through an exhaustive list of items about why Bitcoin has a fatal flaws that I think will
0:24.3	potentially take his long-term value to zero. Stay tuned and let's get into it.
0:29.2	Bitcoin has a huge market capitalization. It's got like 1.3 trillion dollars in market
0:34.2	capitalization. Each Bitcoin, individual Bitcoin is now worth about $65,000 at
0:38.7	the time we're recording this video. And Bitcoin people,
0:42.8	Bitcoin maximalists, as I refer to them
0:45.2	through the rest of this recording here,
0:47.8	really have a passion for it.
0:49.9	And that passion in many cases
0:52.1	leads to a total lack of tolerance, empathy, and almost an aloof
0:57.0	overconfidence when discussing the subject among other people.
1:01.0	I noticed in a recent Facebook thread that when I said, hey, I actually don't
1:06.8	invest in Bitcoin because I understand it. A lot of Bitcoin people like politely, but kind of, kind of a loosely incredulous like oh really you did your
1:17.3	homework and understand Bitcoin I don't think so I don't think you fully understand it if you're not investing in it and I'm like
1:24.0	Guys I understand it and I reject it. I'm not like some ignorant guy who hasn't done my homework or what and it ends this I consider it part of my profession and my career to
1:33.6	understand these concepts of personal finance and today I'm going to lay down my
1:37.6	view on why I don't like Bitcoin. And just to couch that again, like am I like
1:42.3	against it philosophically? No, we've had Dr.
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