"Bitcoin was designed as a payment system but failed at payments." This narrative is everywhere, but it's wrong. Bitcoin wasn't designed to fail at payments. It was designed to succeed at something more fundamental: being incorruptible money. Satoshi chose 10-minute block times deliberately. He could have made Bitcoin faster, but speed wasn't the priority. Security was. Every design choice optimized for one thing: creating money that couldn't be manipulated by governments or institutions. The "payment failure" story misses the point entirely. Bitcoin succeeded exactly as designed. However, what's interesting is that Bitcoin's success as a perfect money created a gap. People still needed something for daily transactions. Enter stablecoins. Stablecoins filled the payment gap Bitcoin couldn't serve. Not because Bitcoin failed, but because it succeeded at being something more valuable: a store of value. Now we have two crypto products with exceptional product-market fit: Bitcoin ($2T market cap): Perfect for holding value long-term Stablecoins: Perfect for spending day-to-day The next question: Can we build a product connecting these two successful primitives?