This is correct, fifty-fifty in theory, and yet you seem to ignore tons of experts and influencers who talk about blockchain just to get paid or get sponsorships for their course, without having even one Satoshi.

Its simple - talk is cheap.  If someone understands the technology but wont invest in it, they therefore do not believe what they are saying or are unwilling to act upon their own "expertise" due to fear.  They are simply hypocrites.

Its difficult to build genuine friendships with coworkers, yet we find it easy to discuss personal matters with them due to the heavy amount of time that we spend with one another.  I have realized that the majority of the people that you consider to be your "friends" at work are actually not.  It is interesting how quickly those friendships evaporate during layoffs or any kind of downturn in a company; and not because people are being "evil" but rather due to self-preservation instincts.
I completely agree with your philosophy about making friends at work only if you keep a balance of having a "friendly but professional" relationship.

Most people will not understand what "peaceful decentralized" means.  When the economy is bad, or an individual has lost all of their funds in a crypto scam, there is an impulse to attack the symbol.  If someone is angry with a system they do not understand, or they have been hurt by that system, they may express their anger by vandalizing a statue. Also, some people tend to vandalize what they do not understand or they may simply enjoy destroying things.  Thats why they are called vandals.

Yes, it complicates things - but only very slightly.

For example, in my area, there are bitcoin ATMs where you can start a transaction and then decide to take the money out in person.  You just need to go to the company website and select what kind of sale it is and how much you want to sell.  The system will give you an address to send coins to, and then you will get a QR code that you can use to get cash at the nearest machine.  I like that way better because I dont have to wait for the transaction to be confirmed in person at the ATM.

This just doesnt add up.  What kind of house are you getting with $7,500?  Unless you are talking about putting up a tiny shed way out in the middle of nowhere, that amount wont buy you much.  It wont even cover the down payment on a used car these days.

Saylor goes all in.  he calls Bitcoin the “apex predator” of assets.  Sure, that sounds bold when you are running a billion-dollar company and have a huge safety net.  But for regular people?  Its a whole different story.  Trusting your housing security to something as wild as Bitcoin - even if its done well historically - just isnt smart.  Not by a long shot.

Lets be real here - if quantum computers ever get powerful enough to crack todays encryption, its not just Bitcoin in trouble.  The whole internet would be at risk.  Every bit of online security we rely on would need a serious upgrade.  But dont think companies will just sit back and watch it happen.  If quantum threats show up, you can bet they will upgrade to stronger, post-quantum security pretty fast.  Honestly, I dont see any reason why online casinos would abandon crypto.  They will simply adapt to the situation.

You cant actually know that.  Saying Satoshi never sold is just guessing.  So much has changed since 2009.  Sure, the ledger is public, but it doesnt reveal everything.  We dont know all of Satoshi addresses, and no one kept track of every off-chain deal or private sale from back then.  Plus, exchanges didnt require KYC until pretty recently.  If Satoshi wanted to move coins around, they could have done it completely anonymously.

Honestly, the main problem I notice with no-coiners I know is they are always too darn sceptical.  To them, Bitcoin just feels like some strange, risky bet, not a real change in how we think about money.  Deep down, its not that they dont trust the technology.  They probably didnt even bother to learn it.  They just stick with whats familiar, because its easier to stay in their comfort zone than to rethink the whole system.

Thats not really how taxes work.  Most countries dont bother trying to “tax the protocol” itself.  They just cant.  What they actually do is treat Bitcoin like property or a capital asset.

Anytime you sell your Bitcoin for cash, or even trade it for another coin, that counts as a taxable event.  If you made a profit since you bought it, you owe taxes on that gain.  how much depends on where you live.  And if you get paid in Bitcoin or mine it, governments treat that like regular income.  They tax you based on what its worth at the time you receive it.

Its a pretty common legal move.  Rich people set up trusts and shell companies to protect their money and pay less in taxes.  It is not really about privacy, at least not how most people think of it.  Rich folks hide their money so they can hold on to it.  You are hiding yours just to protect yourself.  Thats a totally different situation.