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>More acceptable than other digital money (banks and payment processors might say no) >More easily divisible than for example gold coins and gold bars

These are true.

>It's sound money whereas fiat is not (nobody can arbitrarily increase the supply)

You'll have to explain why the inability to increase the money supply is a benefit? Sure, money printing can be abused, but a growing money supply is also beneficial in a growing economy (output + population). Second, how do the current holders selling the currency to people without any Bitcoin not count as "increasing supply". If they don't sell, supply is zero, after all. What is the value of Bitcoin as a currency in that case? Nothing.

>Much more portable. You can send any amount to anyone in the world, as long as they have internet.

That provisio at the end is a big one, considering internet is susceptible to going down via both natural disasters and government whims.



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