"If the merchant wants the bitcoin and you pay in fiat_, that is you shifting the burden of fiat friction on to them. And...
"...The age of controlled money had arrived — and with it, world wars, depression and inflation, enormous government indebtedness, and the rise of leviathan...
“We are soon going to be able to use Bitcoin in an end-to-end, fully anonymous way.” - @nopara73 Check out the article and other...