I'm an engineer IRL. Engineers examine system characteristics. Here are the objective facts about Bitcoin, undistracted by controversial headlines, haters screaming "scam" and crypto bros screaming "number go up". As we go through each system characteristic, I'm going to explain to you why your intuition will work against you to derail your understanding of Bitcoin, and why understanding Bitcoin requires work. This effort threshold often leads people to take the easy way out and scream "scam"...