Unpopular opinion: Bitcoin did not get rid of the middle-man
The general narrative about Bitcoin seems to be, that Bitcoin got rid of the middle-man, aka people that you have to pay money to process your transactions and that can, in theory, censor you. Even the 2008 Bitcoin white-paper is titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”, implying that any user can give their money…
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