If you want money separate from the state and private you'll have to open the doors to people who have been building and living that ethos for years on the [chains that shall not be named]. You may think those chains are shit or speculative or full of scams etc. They are also full of brilliant devs, sovereign motivated individuals, privacy experts, and decentralization enthusiasts. Why does mass p2p adoption evade? Because the door is closed to millions of people who want to use value for value anti-state decentralized tech.
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The door has never been closed to any of those people, most were just greedy & didn't understand why Bitcoin was the system that really mattered.
I know these people and they have been mocked and turned away. The atmosphere itself is "dont come over here." What really matters is decentralization. It's not greed to work and invest where you can make a living and put food on the table. Better other chains than fiat imo. Even your response is salty at the mere mention of nonspecified people. I know maxis have this culture and clout is gained by being the most hard core and most exclusive, but its a detriment in the long run. Nostr is great, the best imo, but I'm happy to see someone on urbit or mastodon too.
There is no one in charge. If someone doesn't have the mental fortitude to build something without being invited & having their hand held they're NGMI.
But the reality is that most shitcoins are no different than fiat. Shitcoins are generally run by people who aspire to be cantillonaires themselves. ETH devs issued the majority of the supply to themselves, then rolled back the chain to keep from losing money, then they ousted all miners so that they could collect the mining reward for themselves & wouldn't have to deal with any even mildly decentralized opposition to code changes. People like that deserve to be mocked. Arguably they deserve to be in prison along side the Celsius people, FTX people, & all central bankers. The only difference btwn ETH & most others is that their scam hasn't been as successful.
I'm not salty or chasing clout, I just understand that monetary network effects are unforgiving, scaling must be done in layers, & it's better for Bitcoin's base layer to ossify, which means most of the development that has to happen requires actual innovation (to extend & leverage limited base layer features without changing them) which most people cannot do. They will come back when the hard work is done and they can build their retail layer ideas on the solid foundation that can actually withstand govt attacks & AWS shutdowns. But the hype will probably never be the same because their ideas will have to be real instead of just something to get temporary attention in the casino.