Your problem is that you still see Bitcoin as if it was a currency. It isn't... it is a commodity, which is easily bartered and can be used as payment for goods, but at its heart, it is a commodity.
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Lol, OK, a commodity. You give this d00d 10 barrels of oil, and get back one. Profit!
But it's becoming obvious that I'm intruding on some creepy SnM/humiliation/degradation fetish played out between consenting adults. Like a battered housewife, you'll defend your abuser with blood still dripping out of your broken nose. Different strokes, I guess
I should learn to be more accepting.