In 2024, it's not just electricity rates that are rising. Banking fees are also experiencing a significant increase. Can Bitcoin, whose initial ambition is to be a peer-to-peer electronic cash solution, become a serious alternative to increasingly expensive banking services?
The famous economic analyst Noah Smith recently wrote an exciting article about bitcoin. He mentions the recent approval of ETFs by the SEC and the secret interests of certain bitcoiners. His thesis is striking: there would be an increasingly powerful Bitcoin lobby that would act in the shadows to create monetary chaos in the world.
Renowned for being tamper-proof and completely transparent, Bitcoin is often touted as a perfect 'trustless' network. But can we truly say that we trust no one but ourselves when we use Bitcoin? This is the question posed by Pierre Schweitzer during the Surfin Bitcoin 2023 event in Biarritz.