Having known that fiat money is a type of currency, a bill of exchange, a negotiable instrument, otherwise known as paper money or dollar bill used to purchase or pay for products or services that ensures our comfort, it is rather debatable whether saving fiat in the bank, at home or in bitcoins, is a good idea.
Bitcoin, however, is a digital currency. It utilizes a computer network as a medium of exchange that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it. Let us, therefore, consider some of these pros and cons to see the light:
1 Bitcoin is secured by blockchain technology, thereby making it difficult to counterfeit or toy with.
2 Bitcoin hardly has a physical structure to speak its value unlike that inherent for fiat money. It operates on a decentralized infrastructure that makes direct money transfers quick, traceable, transparent, and immutable.
3 The number of parties involved is technically only two for bitcoin, unlike fiat where third parties must be present.
4 As the current world change has been from the traditional mode of exchange to electronic mode(digital mode). Bitcoin has an upper hand, as it is purely digital.
5 Bitcoin has in recent times proven to be a strong alternative to fiat money, thereby making it a unitarian global currency.
6 Bitcoin and many cryptocurrencies have just a finite number of the same available.
7 Bitcoin ensures ease to do business with both local and international parties that involve huge amounts of cash, without having to incur heavy charges considering the volatility of the exchange rate, unlike fiat money.
The pandemic shook the economy and exposed flaws in both personal and public systems of commerce. Recession became an aftereffect after the World pandemic and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has added to this quotient. It is however noteworthy to examine these pros and cons of saving fiat versus that of saving with crypto in this period, to be ready for uncertainties.
Knowing what you now know, would you rather save fiat more or save in Bitcoins more?
1- how often do you come across fiat counterfeit?
2- how does a physical structure be a con for fiat direct transfer?
3- I think it is also between you and your bank
4- bear in mind btc is not universally accepted so I doubt it has the upper hand in this case yet.
5- There are limitations still
6- btc has a limited supply which could also be a con when the entire world decided to adopt it.
7- btc adoption is very minimal unlike fiat so doing business with ease for now is not present.
in the end btc serves as a good alternative to fiat, both are relevant in their different ways, btc doesn't have the acceptance fiat has hence it will be very difficult to ignore this, however great btc is, fiat will always have the upper hand for now in terms of day to day transactions.