{"id":2905,"date":"2020-06-04T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamad.blog\/?p=2905"},"modified":"2020-06-03T18:36:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:36:06","slug":"libra-vs-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamad.blog\/2020\/06\/04\/libra-vs-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Libra Vs Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The optimist in me loves Bitcoin despite its many shortcomings. I don&#8217;t think Bitcoin will ever be as popularly used as Libra or another stablecoin payment system. Despite that, the optimist in me suggests Bitcoin is a great buy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The realist in me recognizes how powerful Libra could be. For those of you who don&#8217;t know what Libra is, it&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/libra.org\/en-US\/\">collateralized crypto-payment project by Facebook<\/a>. Libra plans to offer basket of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stablecoin\">stablecoins<\/a> like USD, EUR &amp; GBP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BE12dZwSKU8\">an intro video of the Libra Project.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing Libra\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BE12dZwSKU8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many collateralized stablecoins already out there in the market so Libra isn&#8217;t planning to do something that isn&#8217;t done before.  However the unique thing about Facebook is that whatever they do, they can plug and play that to 2.5 billion users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Libra&#8217;s Advantages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook demos that they will make sending money as simple as sending emojis with features to do so built right within the Facebook&#8217;s family of apps. Libra&#8217;s unique proposition in comparison to other available options is users and ease of use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Libra or other stablecoins have several advantages over Bitcoin. The crypto-assets will be fully collateralized and backed by fiat currencies. The crypto-assets will be stable in value and the transactions would be really fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">.. But Money Is Already Digital?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if you think about it, money is already digital. When you pay with your debit and credit cards, or you send money using your bank, or through PayPal, you&#8217;re passing value digitally. Money has been digital long before Bitcoin or any crypto-assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital is generally the opposite of anonymous and censorship-resistant. When you say digital, the information about your money is hosted on someone&#8217;s server. Who ever controls the server can see what you do with your money and can intervene, reverse or block actions that you may take with your money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cash in comparison is not digital but anonymous and censorship-resistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitcoin&#8217;s Advantages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s # 1 strength is seldom talked about. It is the finite supply of Bitcoin which makes it deflationary in nature instead of inflationary which USD and all its digital variants including stablecoins &amp; Libra are. The second most important feature is that Bitcoin is censorship-resistant because it is decentralized with no central control. The third one about anonymity could be argued upon. It does an OK job at being anonymous but since the ledger is out in the public, it isn&#8217;t fully anonymous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The feature of stablecoins being stable like USD or EUR is not just a feature, it&#8217;s also a bug. One of the biggest disadvantages of money as we know it is that you can&#8217;t just hold on to money without losing value. You&#8217;re forced to have your money invested in real-estate, stocks &amp; bonds for it to not lose value. Bitcoin as a money is designed to be free forever from the central bank&#8217;s control over the money&#8217;s supply and its movement. Because of this Bitcoin is designed to grow in value and hence it can not be stable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following table could be helpful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Asset<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Digital<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Deflationary<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Censorship-resistant<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Stable<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Anonymous<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong><\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>No<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cash<\/strong><\/td><td>No<\/td><td>No<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Stablecoins \/ Libra<\/strong><\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>No<\/td><td>No<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The optimist in me loves Bitcoin despite its many shortcomings. 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