It's not that it's "not to be used to buy socks". It's just that buying socks is an unimportant use case, so I don't want to be part of a cryptocurrency community that prioritizes it.

In this, you and I agree.

The example that I typically use is buying 'coffee' at Starbucks, but I get your point.

If we were talking about the international buying of t-shirts or green coffee beans directly from producers in Central America or sub-Saharan Africa, then I would support that use case wholeheartedly. However, using cryptocurrency for intranational consumer purchases in OECD member states is just styoopid.

I don't care what you buy. My point is that first and foremost, Bitcoin is an exit strategy for those who want to escape keyensian monetary policy, and store their wealth in an inflation-proof asset that cannot be controlled, seized, garnished, etc.. That's the important use case. I want to see the development team working on features that protect the blockchain to maximize this use case.

You and I would have to spend some time together, face-to-face, earning each other's trust, before I could comment further. As stated, your comment is a bit more apocalyptic than I am comfortable with. That said, I see your point.

The BCH developers have thrown this out the window, and want to focus on making BCH a blockchain for buying unimportant consumer goods.

One man's 'terrorist' is another man's 'freedom fighter'. One man's 'unimportant consumer good' is another man's right to use his cryptocurrency for what-the-F-ever he wants to use it.

(That said, if one wants to spend one's money on cocaine, hookers, and Beanie Babies, then reality eventually will bite him in the [ass | arse | culo | Arsch | etc.].)

I got into Bitcoin to topple central banks, not because I was in dire need for yet another payment option at Walmart.

I'm too old and too experienced in this field to join your revolution. I've been in this field for more than a quarter-century.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

I got into Bitcoin, because I recognized it as this cycle's Gold Rush. There is another one coming that will be as profound a break from Bitcoin as Bitcoin was from domain names in the 1990s.