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The degree to which non-technical people weigh in on very technical topics in Bitcoin has always surprised me.

It's not like people go around getting pissy with brain surgeons about the merits of a new procedure, or start yelling at particle physicists about the proper way to aim a neutrino...

What makes these folks think that they have any idea about the tradeoffs inherent in complex crypto-systems?

I think more devs (especially the bitcoin core devs) would do well to simply ignore the noise, most of the time. Only give your valuable time to people who have shown the proof of work and bring intellectual honesty to the conversation.
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Pip the WoT guy 7mo ago 💬 2

Bitcoin is made of humans that perform socio-economico decisions. Some just say bullshit, but many other non-technical folks bring a lot of value to the conversation, with perspective that matter philosophically, or economically

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JeffG 7mo ago

If you're bringing those things without a proper understanding of reality, you're lacking the proof of work.

If you then turn around and make lots of noise with your opinions that have no basis in reality, you're being intellectually dishonest.

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Condor 7mo ago

Noise is rich, consensus of the few is poor