Lately it became more like a hope than an actual freedom.  Do not get me wrong.  You will ALWAYS be able to spend and receive Bitcoin no matter how harsh restrictions are in your country.  But in the very extremist and hopefully impossible situation where countries decide to take extremely strong action against Bitcoin and induce fear into citizens even contemplating using it, it is not very helpful that Bitcoin can still be used freely.

Our situation is not even close to the one I described above but it is slowly heading that direction.  Mixer users are falsely called out as being 'criminals' and laundering money, Bitcoin users are rebels who are falsely known as those who would do anything to hide from the Government and many other things are being said repeatedly to taint the reputation of Bitcoin and its users.

It is a hope in a progressively restricted world.  You can not really say or do much any more without being judged, punished or have your reputation tainted for it.  Freedom of speech is dying, Privacy is too, everything linked to true freedom is seemingly slowly heading to an end.  Call me paranoid.  But you can not say a lot of the things you could of said a decade ago any more.  You can not have your own beliefs and opinions or every body will jump you.  Things are headed a pretty dark path in my view.

El Salvador and other such supportive countries are still a hope for me that while bigger countries crack down on Bitcoin, Privacy and freedom, there are smaller ones who would offer the best.  But we should see.

Weldone you speak my mind in as much the forum is concerned as newbie all you need at first is to study the forum see existing topic, allot about what BTC is, is already here with well details explanation as topic repeating such is not good also have some study on the rules and regulations of the board to avoid any sanction, I can say welcome to the board this link can still help you for more information. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin

To me it is an opportunity
Opportunity for self custody
Opportunity for wealth safety
Opportunity to gain an appreciating asset in cheap price  
Opportunity to accumulate wealth
An opportunity for the future.
am not sure the OP is a newbie newbie (don't mind my language) joined around September last year.

The funny thing is if another newbie comes they won't see this
That's why it's recurring
They are not usually familiar with using the search engine and of the notion that their question is unique
Been there
Thought same  .

It's broad honestly.

Like those that are not well off in life but are one of the early investors of BTC and managed to hold it up to this time. This means a freedom, financial freedom as they can do anything they want to without having the worry with finances because bitcoin got their backs.

For me, it's a lot of things of what btc means to me. It can be my future asset being on held by me and will be converted likely to tangible assets.

Currency as well because I can use it for purchases that I want to. As in, it's like everything today.

What BTC means to me? it means a Financial freedom and wealth opportunity. This is one of the most important investments that I have, I know and I believe that the value of bitcoin will be even more successful in the coming years. I hope that one day, BTC will help me to achieve all my plans, but of course we still have to work hard to have it. BTC opens a lot of opportunities to many investors and traders.

Yeah, as others might have experience freedom, maybe from restrictions to their government. But as majority of us here, we have now financial freedom. At least that's what Bitcoin brings to me. I'm not a big time holder or whale, I just accumulate as much as I can and experience multiple bull runs already. So I made a good profit and from that profit around, make a U-turn, create business for passive income.

And you just simply repeat that process, it might be tough to be a long term holder or long term accumulation phase. But at the end of it all, it's going to be worth it as you will have the financial freedom and buy things that you couldn't afford before. And so your life improves together with your family.

This is the most common answer among all of us, even myself, because it helped me financially and also got me to know about finance, as we know that from the start we are just spending and spending, so it made me aware of my finances. Also, Bitcoin has given me experience with those things that I wasn't able to do, like eating at expensive restaurants and buying those stuff that we couldn't afford. With this opportunity, we should maximize it and learn more from it so that we can utilize its uses and take advantage of it.

The only time I felt a total control over my funds is only with Bitcoin, and it gives me that freedom and investment opportunity that comes with ease. I can invest with just as little amount of money as $20 and scale it up if compared investment into gold and the real estate that requires bigger amount of money. Furthermore, I can travel around the world with my money without no restrictions as to how much I should carry about, and nothing gives joy than that.

Hello, Everyone

Thank you all for the responses!

Some seem to be the capsized sailor found by the boat of bitcoin while others have conquered the seas already