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> "a predictable purchasing power", not a store of value

The two go together, surely? What kind of value is it if it doesn't translate into purchasing power?

Hard to get better than US T-Bills for value preservation. That's the standard financial advice. There is a point in Bitcoin being available in countries where capital controls make USD hard to obtain, but the bitcoin is hardly easy to obtain in that situation either.

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> bitcoin is hardly easy to obtain in that situation either.

It's def. easier than getting US T-Bills. BTC is widely available in most countries and if not, you just go to a meetup and trade it in person (with higher fees but still easier than... US T-Bills). So, you still owe us after all this discussion a better alternative for an internationally available store of value than BTC.

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