Acclaimed Crypto Researcher Says Bitcoin is “Fools Gold”

Justin Bons, founder and CIO of Cyber Capital, has described Bitcoin as “fools’ gold”. According to Bons, the pioneer cryptocurrency has a broken long-term security model and lacks capacity, programmability, and composability. He further criticized the flagship crypto for having comparatively weak token economics, noting he abandoned BTC in 2017.

1/51) BTC is fools gold

It has a broken long-term security model, lacks capacity, programmability & composability

With comparatively weak token economics

I abandoned BTC by 2017

Yet, I still believe in Bitcoin’s original vision, which I first fell in love with back in 2013:

— Justin Bons (@Justin_Bons) May 29, 2023

Bons continued with his BTC criticism by claiming the cryptocurrency has lost its competitive edge in terms of the numerous qualities that attracted early adopters. He noted that other cryptos have overtaken Bitcoin in several areas, including censorship resistance, immutability, decentralization, and self-sovereignty.

According to Bons, all the setbacks Bitcoin experienced resulted from the block-size debate a few years ago. He believes not increasing the block-size limit is a departure from the original purpose and vision of Bitcoin. Hence, it has led to several issues that he noted could complicate BTC more.

Bons believes the BTC network’s inability to generate sufficient fees within the next decade threatens Bitcoin’s security model. According to him, Bitcoin’s community could have avoided the situation during the block-size debate in 2017. He insists the network made the wrong choices due to governance failure. Hence, the permanent flaws of the BTC network after a couple of years.

In Bons’ opinion, BTC has to double in value every four years for the next century or sustain extremely high fees. He believes that is the only way the BTC network can maintain its current security level. However, Bons doubts the possibility of that, considering the growth would exceed global GDP in 33 years based on the current price.

Bons noted other fundamental developments he believes have permanently distorted Bitcoin’s original developmental structure.

Users expect the opinions that Bons raised to generate some debate among the Bitcoin community. Dunkan McKoy, an investment banker, has already called the attention of Tuur Demeester, Texas Bitcoin Foundation Board member, to Bons’ assertions. No Bitcoin proponent had responded to Bons’ claims at the time of writing.

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