You said Hillary was right. What do you mean "nope"?
Yes, you can inquiry any node, and see everyone that agrees with them. You can also see those who disagree, and create their own fork (or attempt to). Everyone is represented, and the history of that cannot be erased. Is that strange or somehow less democratic than what you are familiar with?
You said I had infinite dollars. How is that any different?
Dollars have no limited supply and this contributes to inflation, especially with how politicians practice responsibility in issuing/printing it. This is why you can't get a can of Coca-cola for 50 cents from the vending machine anymore.
Bitcoin has a limited supply of 21 million. As its use case grows and people see convenience and security in it, it trends an increase in value. This is, in part, why pizza used to cost 10,000 bitcoins, but now it costs about 1,700 pizzas for a bitcoin.
You can still see the transaction for that pizza, to this day.
This is usually one of the first things people learn about bitcoin. I am happy to be the first to share this information with you. I didn't expect that.
As usual, if tabzer says something is bad, then it's actually good for the people, and vice-versa.
The only thing I said that was good was the practice of reading sources, and that was tongue-in-cheek. Didn't expect you to actually disagree with it. Stick around and be schooled.
Next up Shigeru Miyamoto's opinion on how to make spaghetti
That could be his next game.
Edit: Sorry, I shouldn't have said "volatile", I meant "with zero checks, balances or accountability, and almost entirely under the control of one tiny handful of extremely shady characters" but really that's just potayto-potahto.
Zero checks, balances or accountability? That is exactly what the blockchain is. If you are talking about how people behave with money or other things considered to have value, well those problems aren't exclusive to bitcoin. The traceability that BTC offers could reduce crime. For example, Karpeles was put into jail because the blockchain proved his actions. The reason he had so many charges acquitted was due to the fiat and record keeping side of things. In this example, bitcoin brought justice while fiat and your legacy systems lets him walk.