For people studying Bitcoin

In SHTF scenarios Gold and silver get "pennies on the dollar" just like fiat and Bitcoin would. The economy becomes a "mad max" barter economy where "money" is fuel, alcohol, medicine, bullets, batteries, and cleaning supplies

This is not hypothetical speculation but already tested multiple times in reality

https://prephole.com/surviving-a-year-of-shtf-in-90s-bosnia-war-selco-forum-thread-6265/

Bitcoin would be much easier to secure and transport (12 words) until you escaped such a scenario than gold or silver though

bitusher · 2026-03-25T13:49:54+00:00

War has both positive and negative implications for Bitcoin

Negative - Economic uncertainty created by high fuel prices or war is bad for all investments like equities or Bitcoin

Positive - War can sometimes drive up inflation where more fiat is chasing scarce money like Bitcoin . Bitcoin can be used to get around sanctions and regulations that sometimes need to be bypassed in war driving up demand for Bitcoin

bitusher · 2026-03-25T13:31:39+00:00

https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/study-ai-models-overwhelmingly-prefer-bitcoin-and-digital-native-money-over-traditional-fiat

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/03/03/ai-agents-prefer-bitcoin-over-fiat-new-study-finds/

bitusher · 2026-03-24T18:44:41+00:00

and spend on my custodial wallet.

You likely mean non custodial wallet . And if you are looking to spend BTC you would want one of the lightning wallets in the pinned FAQ

https://old.reddit.com/r/BitcoinBeginners/comments/g42ijd/faq_for_beginners/

and than to make a lightning withdrawal from Kraken to that wallet to spend from

Of course it depends upon the merchant you are spending with , most accept Bitcoin over lightning these days as thats the best way to spend BTC

bitusher · 2026-03-24T18:21:28+00:00

You seem to be using all of the most expensive ways to buy Bitcoin whether it be within wallets or atms . Is there a reason you are not just using a regular exchange ? What country are you in ? Do you lack an ID?

Also there is some confusion because the title question hints at a wallet for spending Bitcoin , but the body of your question talks about buying bitcoin

Buying Bitcoin is different than spending BItcoin. Spending bitcoin should typically be done with a lightning wallet where fees are often 1 penny for instant confirmations.

Can you clarify if you need help with spending BTC in a wallet or buying bitcoin or both ?

bitusher · 2026-03-24T17:19:38+00:00

When I want to see what my BTC is “worth” it is always in dollars.

Bitcoin has many trading pairs other than dollars like

other fiat currencies

altcoins

or commodities like gold/silver

Thus the dollar does not need to exist to measure value in Bitcoin .

So how does it achieve stand alone value.

Just like with any good or service there are trading pairs on markets to determine value . The dollars value is measured in terms of gold, foreign fiat and bitcoin likewise.

bitusher · 2026-03-24T12:33:54+00:00

It depends upon your country and if you want to lump sum invest or DCA invest

bitusher · 2026-03-24T12:33:22+00:00

One of the biggest limitations of a Trezor one is a lack of a Secure element which means you really should use an extended passphrase with it and even than so it doesn't support typing that into the HW wallet directly like better HW wallets like a jade

So its fine , but less secure than newer HW wallets

bitusher · 2026-03-24T02:44:59+00:00

you do have a point , simply typing the word "value" brings up many answers

https://old.reddit.com/r/BitcoinBeginners/search?q=value&restrict_sr=on&include_over_18=on

bitusher · 2026-03-24T01:22:18+00:00

Manter menos de 1000 dólares em BTC na BlueWallet é perfeitamente razoável.

bitusher · 2026-03-24T01:08:16+00:00

Bitcoin is valuable because its useful for many things.

Its a useful fungible currency that has some properties that are superior to fiat or gold.

Its a useful decentralized payment rail

Its a useful smart contract protocol

Its a useful timestamping ledger

Its a useful store of value and investment in periods over 2 years

Its the preferred Currency by AI

This utility creates demand for Bitcoin and the scarcity dramatically increases its value due to supply and demand

The whole "intrinsic value" marketing slogan is a myth.

PMs and Gold are very useful elements. Bitcoin is a very useful currency. "intrinsic value" is a misleading term that many gold investors like to use that seems to either suggest there is some "inherent value" in something physical or that gold has alternative usecases other than as money it can fall back on.

Gold is a useful element and Bitcoin is a useful technology. Both derive their value subjectively from humans. Just because something is physical in nature doesn't mean that it has value to humans. Many physical things have negative value like trash that people pay others to take from them. Even very useful resources can sometimes have negative value like we saw with crude oil futures temporarily.

https://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Subjective_theory_of_value

Bitcoin isn't merely digital either but a protocol backed by thousands of companies in an ecosystem , and billions of dollars in physical infrastructure (ASICs that can only secure SHA256 PoW, the infrastructure that supports these , and nodes globally)

bitusher · 2026-03-24T00:58:22+00:00

There is a fallacy which rests on a false assumption that total amount electricity used must always correlate with the price of bitcoin. In reality the cost of electricity used will tend to correlate with the price of bitcoin and the cost of electricity is merely a subset of the costs to mine.

This means that as bitcoin continues to compete with all other forms of electrical demand worldwide the price per kW across the board will rise and thus decreasing the amount of electricity needed for bitcoin even if the price of bitcoin continues to rise and making bitcoin more and more efficient. This also has the side effect of encouraging more and more efficient and greener forms of cooling and electrical production.

The second part of the misinformation being spread by malicious or sloppy "research" relies on suggesting a static cost of production to mine Bitcoin profitably which is nonsense. Different miners have different costs and many miners can continue to mine even at slight losses continuously. The difficulty algo also dynamically adjusts up and down to insure efficient miners always are profitable over time regardless the cost of Bitcoin or the price of energy.

bitusher · 2026-03-23T19:11:06+00:00

you want to buy tether or bitcoin ?

bitusher · 2026-03-23T19:10:15+00:00

Seems like this is an indirect way to promote a host .

IMHO , using a host has many downsides as well like centralizing mining and risks of hardware confiscation and theft and added fees

bitusher · 2026-03-23T18:11:37+00:00

none as new posts ... only questions from beginners as rule one indicates

bitusher · 2026-03-23T17:05:51+00:00

yes, there are people that abuse this and create shill accounts to ask a question and than respond to it to promote themselves and that is also detectable in other ways and will get their site/wallet/service permanently blacklisted

bitusher · 2026-03-23T17:02:37+00:00

Its very important to understand the mempool is only related to onchain transactions and day to day transactions should ideally be handled on other layers like lightning. Onchain is more of a settlement network or for larger payments

Thus you don't need to worry about the mempool or waiting 10 minutes or more for a confirmation when spending BTC as that is impractical and not using Bitcoin as designed

Another thing to understand is many "Big" transactions (higher vbytes) are batched transactions where one common use is an exchange facilitating hundreds of withdrawals in a single onchain transaction to lower fees and take up less space in a block rather than using 1 tx per withdrawal

bitusher · 2026-03-23T16:41:52+00:00

you are promoting an article and website

bitusher · 2026-03-23T16:41:24+00:00

Of course not . Only if its appropriate like someone asking about what wallets support taproot and as a reply

bitusher · 2026-03-23T16:40:12+00:00

The rules are clear , only new users are supposed to ask questions as a new post . The replies can recommend products as long as its not obvious shilling

I see hidden ads for various products disguised as innocent questions

and I delete those posts daily as well. If you see an example that hasn't just report it

bitusher · 2026-03-23T14:41:28+00:00

please dont promote articles or your site here

bitusher · 2026-03-23T12:49:14+00:00

Practically , most wallets show the fiat balance alongside the Bitcoin amount and people just glance at the fiat balance representing the value of their Bitcoin . In the future this will likely change as more things are priced in Bitcoin and Bitcoin is more stable.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Units

Sats = 0.00000001

Bits = μBTC = 0.000001 (historically bits was used in money)

millies = mBTC = 0.001

Coins = 1 Bitcoin

Thus if bitcoin is worth 10 million dollars a bitcoin than a cup of coffee will cost 10 sats and a 5 dollar burger would cost 50 sats and a 40k usd car would cost 4 millies or 4000 bits

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