I’d have more respect for you with that title, yes, because you would be honest about the situation in that case.
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thank you for that, you're making me stronger in my belief that this model is broken, and you personally wiped out 3+ years of hard work (for free) from this "self serving loser"
have fun stacking sats
If a thought about V4V is causing this much hate, I can understand why people flock to non-bitcoin projects, at least over there, people aren't calling each other losers for doing a blog post about a REAL problem in the community.
But I guess it's easier to shoot the messenger.
You seem to have a difficult time accepting criticism.
I either react (I thanked you for going into it at least, instead of 90% of the b////s that just look away and act like the freeloading is NOT a problem in this community.-)
What you think of me only affects me as a bitcoiner, who tries to do his best. I appreaciate the comments, even if they're a proof of not getting the message and trying to brand me as self-serving.
I know what to do: I'll act like the large % of this community and sit on my ass, produce nothing and have criticism on anyone who dares to say, create or think anything.
You’ll get muted is what you’ll get. Didn’t even buy me a carrot and still crying in my notifications because you can’t take a little heat.
on a short term timescale, the fiat system won.
the fiat system is why living "costs so much". its why as a startup business you cannot even afford an additional programmer because their salaries have inflated way beyond what a startup can afford. real startups dont exist anymore, they are replaced by hedge funds which are simply huge corporations protecting their talent moat by playing rediculous lending games. they hire people to DO NOTHING for 350k a year, just to prevent them from providing value somewhere else outside their fund... its nearly impossible to break this cycle.
the government in america made it damn near impossible to pay your fellow value producers in bitcoin, making sure to classify it as property and subject to a slew of anti innovation laws. then they set their sights on cash and payment platforms like paypal, venmo.
the only way i believe v4v can *ever work again (if it ever did), is with bitcoin and a 5 year hodl strategy. if you dont have 5 years to build the momentum, while surviving the fiat world .. then you wont be on "the plateau", you wont ever win. the bitcoin you receive today and spend immediately on something you dont need like a coffee from fiatbucks is going to prevent you or your business from ever taking off.
atlas has shrugged, this is just how things are now. much of the world has turned to UBI and guess what, thats gonna make it even harder to exchange value for value. the fiat you have been paid was stolen directly from your own pocket. the only thing we can look forward to is, people still need things. actually need them. those things if you can produce them have value. you have to find a way to trade the value to others and stack it into bitcoin, and bunker down its gonna be a long hard fucking road.
a dive into how the nostr:nprofile1qqsgs0l2fsr3lkjyqmftv6lzrjc7mt6950s9spgdvgq7euwnt94mcwgprpmhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet5qy08wue69uhhw6tvd3jk6tnrw4e8y7trv9ekstnwv46r5dpcxsuqz9nhwden5te0v96xcctn9ehx7um5wghxcctwvspktsq2 noagenda show runs is a good example of throwing away the value that is created by converting their bitcoin donations to fiat (at John C Devorak's request). He was afraid, because of laws making it very hard to hodl bitcoin at your company. If they had been able to stash that into the business, noagenda would be worth 100x, maybe 1000x what it is now..
Hey failure as a self serving loser is my schtick! I want royalties.
And before calling anyone a self-serving failure, he might have thought about what the person actually did for the community for free. These kind of people jump to conclusions because they want their orange-glasses to be true. It actually disgusts me to hear this.
I've goddamit made podcasts, blogs presentations while I was ill, combined 3 jobs, the moment I was recording a podcast while getting the call that my close family member was dying, I realized what fool I was to work for this.
So yeah, calle ME self-serving, by someone who doesn't know me and didn't even properly read the whole article is a bit of a typical thing I'll remember next time any grifter in bitcoin ask me why I don't work for the community anymore. I'll refer to Mr. buy-me-a-carrot. (and I'm sure he's a nice dude in real life, at least he makes and creates something from what I can see, usually these kind of comments come from the biggest self-serving losers who never did anything for bettering bitcoin anyway, unless they could have 5$ kickback on some referral link or something 😉
Your piece was thought provoking and even if I didn't agree with it all, I'm in no position to offer an alternative further than my own experiments, which are in there infancy. You've certainly kicked off some discussing with the V4V crew which can only be a good thing...
All I know is I myself need to try something new and V4V is a vibe I like. We're all creating data somehow and existing models are broken. Many think BTC fixes everything. A platform using BTC that still exploits creators and does a bunch of backroom deals with majors, while not paying Indies is no better than Spotify to me. I'm not fully convinced but I'm down for trying. Bitcoin fixes everything... for people with enough bitcoin not to have to really give a shit about how anyone else is doing. That said, we're all doing our thing and I'm totally up for trying.
Wishing everyone success in their endeavors, well unless they're launching a meme coin or some other scam haha.
I encourage that. Even if you don't agree with everything (I doubt many people do).
I try to make people think about things, to make bitcoin better. If we're all "Fonzies" and do a thumbs up on everything, then the critique will come from outside our bubble anyway. I'd rather do it internally and have some bad words thrown at me. (not pleasant, but that's how it goes).
thank you for trying your best and taking the time for reacting.