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Hynek 6mo ago 💬 4

Let’s imagine we’re living 30 years ago and going around trying to explain to people how email will change the world. Who would even care? We could even tell them how to set it up, but that would be pointless too. However, if during collaboration we mention that we’ll send the info via email and act like they’re Neanderthals for not knowing what it is… maybe after a few iterations, they’ll start getting interested. I remember many companies trying to figure out how to make a website—just so they wouldn’t fall completely behind.

We should approach bitcoin adoption the same way. Don’t explain anything—just require bitcoin for collaboration.

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sifrant 6mo ago

this is the way—offer a product that normies want and accept bitcoin only

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tree 木 4mo ago

Perfect analogy. It especially hits when trying to explain the utility of stablecoins, tokens, or smart contracts to someone who only sees crypto as a store of value.

It's trying to explain why a DEX is better because you hold your own keys and don't need to trust a company, or how decentralized lending is more transparent and can't just freeze your funds, to someone whose only metric is "number go up." Their framework is digital gold, but we're talking about a digital economy.

You can't explain why digital cash (~stablecoins) is better for a coffee than a gold bar - you just have to pay with it :)

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