Cope huh? More like truth. Bitcoin innovation is happening all the time and the discussion and tech continues to converge on better and better stuff. Ecash, lightning, liquid are all here already. Fedimint tech exists. OP_CTV has a lot of support and will make Bitcoin more efficient soon enough. The discussion just needs to keep happening. It seems perhaps there's not enough of that, as this truth has not gotten around to you.
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I hold and will continue to accumulate Bitcoin. It's not me you need to convince, it's the rest of the world. It's apparent that I'm not the only Bitcoiner that holds this opinion.
Seems the mantra is Soon™ while the Devs fumble around for an L2 solution that other networks are dominating on L1. Not value, but in use. If bitcoin doesn't shake the slow and expensive perception people have of it, it will never gain mass adoption.
Let the idiots ignore Bitcoin. That's good for it. People will realize its use when the rich all use it and it is ready for primetime.
Good change usually happens slowly, incrementally. I think for changes we can make right now, we can best help when we are focused, curious, and precise. For example, get people in a debate about OP_CTV for making Bitcoin more cost efficient. Learn about it and other alternatives so you know more and have an idea of the tradeoffs. Obviously I'm against the other alternatives until OP_CTV is implemented, I've already made up my mind lol! Debate, debate, debate.
These controversial takes get the conversation started too, I'm just offering my 2 sats.
Absolutely. Discussion with minimal emotion working towards a common goal.
I sincerely believe that once regulations are fully in place, most of crypto will die out, possibly quite suddenly. The shitcoins have done a phenomenal job of distracting everyone, and they will probably impact Bitcoin negatively when they see their demise. The network needs to be ready for those who need it when the time comes, and right now, it still has a long way to go. As always I remain cautiously optimistic despite how it may seem. It is the only solution we have, and I would hate to see that squandered because most ignored the primary issues that Bitcoin is supposed to address.
Yeah it definitely needs a little more work. My argument is that this is gonna happen anyway, but I do think we should try to take a small part in helping it along.
The idiots need to believe it's the best thing since sliced cheese for it to gain mass adoption. Speed and cost are huge hurdles, IMO.
Even when Bitcoin reaches $1 million, sure, it will bring financial freedom to many of those who adopted it, but do you honestly think it will be widely used as a replacement for fiat, given the current trajectory it is on and the current limitations? The direction and narrative is being carefully crafted to ignore the primary use case.
No. That's where people are blinded by the past.
It brought financial freedom.
In the future it will bring easy surveillance, easy control and easy confiscation/taxation for those who want their peace of the cake.
Bitcoiners stopped being adversarial thinkers. Since then it's downhill only also NGU with inflated fiat bags wants to trick people into believing something else.