“Yeah no.”

Ah yes let’s ignore the tons of energy being used in giant data centers run by visa and Mastercard to operate the payment cards used by billions of people around the world.

“Yeah no.”

You know what happened in USA? A lot of people got their cash stolen.

Your arguments are as coherent as the dissonant “Yeah no.”

"Yeah no" have had these arguments for ages and nothing has changed.

Bitcoin uses a massive amount of energy and has neither the transaction amount, nor the transaction speed and a LOT of features missing which visa/mastercard and a normal bank provide.

Losing your key to a wallet? BTC gone

Fraud? Yeah and now what?

Seller or buyer protection? hahaha no

Lets not compare apples with stones okay?

Losing your wallet or purse? Cash gone. Fraud? Yeah and now what?

Seller and buyer protection don’t exist with cash either my dude.

If you’re going to compare apples and stones at least do it honestly.

Each payment option has its own advantages and disadvantages, and it’s fantastic that we have the freedom to choose from a variety of products and services to use.

I hated it when PayPal froze my funds and wished there was an option where a middleman couldn’t decide who I am allowed to pay. Then Bitcoin came along. For me, Bitcoin works great. For you, your method of choice works great and I’m happy for you.

AFAIK it can be changed later.

That depends on whether the public key has been exposed.

Bitcoin addresses encode the ripemd160 hash of the public key, so by default when payments are made to new addresses they are not quantum crackable.

But when someone spends from an address they publish the public key to the chain as part of the spend. From then on, any new deposits sent to the same address are at risk of quantum attack

The hash is merely a convenience, the _actual_ public key used in transactions is present in the ledger and available to anybody who wants it.

Only if there has been an outgoing transaction from that account. If the address has only received deposits then only the hash is available.

How does that work?

Suppose I make a paper wallet on an offline PC, write down the address and discard both keys. If I now send some BTC to this address, how does the client figure out the public key?

I bought a new TV in 2026 and refuse to connect it to a network. For good reasonS (plural).

In addition to the other (great) reply pointing out the difference between 5G and 5Ghz, there is also the nuance of channels within the 5Ghz band. While the band may be lawfully used within a region, some channels within that band may be banned.

So it’s not enough to say “we have 5Ghz wifi here so it’s fine” because there are many channels within that band which may not all be treated equally.

Both an American and a Canadian could reference Donald for the same reason: Donald imposed the tariffs.

Canada also participates in trade, is located in the same geographic continent, and is also suffering housing issues.

I too struggled to identify which “our” the comment referred to

Geography as in softwood forests, instead of the iconic maple leaf. In no way Canada would be importing 30%+ of its construction timber from the US. Canada is a major softwood timber exporter.

Do you think it could be possible to open a can of plain sardines and put mustard on them?

Of course.

This does not produce the same results as fish that have been cooked/canned in mustard sauce and left together for months (or years).

This difference is important to me. The old, fish-flavored mustard goop at the bottom of the tin is one of my favorite aspects.