listening to these #bitcoin influencers with hundreds/thousands of bitcoin confesses they don't run a node and never used #bitcoin
tells me bitcoin is just a status symbol to them
they have no clue what they have or how it works
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Lmao who said this
The Bitcoin First guys I assume
I’m so out of the loop w influencers I don’t even know who they are.
I actually don’t know any of the “new bitcoiner social” people either. It’s like there’s a new corner of bitcoiners that created their own “drink Bitcoin light” community and we never got the memo I guess. I found out there are some huge accounts on the Twits that are “bitcoin famous” and I’ve literally never seen them… or at least didn’t remember them. They apparently don’t write much of anything at least. 😂
IMO it's very sus. I heard an absolute normy with a podcast say he bought bitcoin at $2.00 on a podcast yesterday. No he didn't... I can detect a bitcoiner - there's something in common, hard to nail down. So why did he say that...
lol, yeah that’s some bullshit
I’ve been off xitter for a year and I don’t consume any Bitcoin content outside of what I see on Nostr.
I do not support or follow influencers on nostr and get a lot more value from plebeians vs the big accounts constantly trying to shill me shit I don’t need and who just say a bunch of stuff that isn’t original and that I’ve heard 500 times.
I’m well past burnt-out on Bitcoin podcasts and influencers.
I feel you. I still like to keep a pulse on it
I feel like I learn everything I need on Nostr now. But no judgement, you do you.
I’ve been interested in Bitcoin since 2019 and I studied / used this tech like it was tertiary curriculum. After 4 years I’d had my fill, but still will revisit good Bitcoin books and talk Bitcoin on Nostr. Still v much an interest of mine, just can’t do the pods and influencers anymore. Not in me.
I’m read-only for some time now, and recently-ish came to nostr to reconnect a bit more and find more signal. So far so good, less Twitter reading too
You only need to keep up with the code, not the people. #Bitcoin
Dude, if somebody has that much Bitcoin and neither does self custody nor runs a node in any sense… honestly they might as well be a shitcoin degen, because they aren’t as far off from that as they might think.
That's ok. Bitcoin will humble them one day.
Its fine. We'll pick up a few of em.
But it reminds me of (what I think is) the secret sauce of marketing - low bar Veblen goods. A price that makes a thing appear exclusive/statusy but still within reach of boomers. Boomers are what matter because they're so responsive to social stimuli. They all want to spend a lot to be in the club, and signal to each other that they're in.
Also... Are you Nolan? I think I remember him saying this was his name in a Moscow Time episode
They like bitcoin because it's a tool they leveraged to make them rich. If they hadn't (like most normies who bought bitcoin and lost, sold, and walked away) you probably wouldn't hear from them. IMO the ultra rich (net worth over $50m) don't think any asset is "safe" its just a tool that should be leveraged to advance their wealth, they don't believe there can be a hard money, and don't care because it offers only disadvantages to them. I've had the privilege to spend time speaking to some of these people. You'd never tell their worth over 1b until you look them up, in my case very nice people, just super disconnected from the real world. I think this is just the reality of it
Accept Bitcoin, Earn Bitcoin, Spend Bitcoin, Run a node and hodl.