Ah, monero, makes sense.
Discussion
Monero maxis always seem to be pessimists…. But I guess if they consider themselves realists and have a negative view of the world it would look the same…
Not pessimists, the difference is that we build in a way that is impossible to be stopped, and to really empower individuals.
In a dictatorship no one with a little knowledge about how bitcoin works would utilize it to circunvent state proibitions.
But i don't really know that many Monero maxis, a Monerist is one that likes to use the best tool availble for the job.
Bitcoin got to where it is today by preparing for adversarial enviroments.
NOT by taking victory for granted.
Bitcoin got to where it was 10 years ago by preparing for adversarial environments.
Bitcoin got from 2014 got to where it is today by taking victory for granted 😢
Another phrase to describe this is adversarial thinking. The kind of thing that originally made Bitcoin great. You don't build things around best-case assumptions.
You have here a video that shows how we think in the other side. Take a look, you will not regreat.