godlikeNoob

I think Cursor etc are great for rapid prototyping and cut down the dev cycle from months to days without the need for PMs , the scaling is where the expertise would come in... whether this methodology would work on a complex codebase is debatable, but for startups looking to go from 0 to 1, this is a boon

Try getting laid after giving your girlfriend a necklace made from bitcoin

Can you go to the middle of Cambodia (Tonle Sap) where there's no electricity and buy fish with bitcoin? You can't.... and my use case is a lot more realistic than yours. If you say you might be able to in a few years, then I can argue you might be able to open up as many accounts as you want at that time.

quantitative easing -> Needed to ward off a recession as seen fit by most of the economists ... Not saying it's efficient / needed, can't say anything for sure since I am a lowly dev and not a world class economist This whole concept of bitcoin having value just because it's finite is asinine ... The whole world used gold standard and there was a reason the US and other nations got rid of it after WWI. Comparing bitcoin's energy usage to traditional financial systems makes zero sense, mainly because traditional financial systems have a much bigger purpose. I'll never buy any goods or services with my bitcoin because of the upside potential and I'll never accept payments in bitcoin because of the downside risk.