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Should we should redefine a penny to dolls? Children today don’t know who Abraham Lincoln is. How am I going to explain who honest Abe is and how he freed the slaves with the emancipation proclamation. That would freak my kid out if he found out about slavery and that Lincoln was assassinated and question fiat as a whole.

Stop defending Jack’s bullshit. Billionaires are out of touch and it’s sickening to see you imply Jack knows best because he has everyday peoples data. 🤮

existing sprinkles 7mo ago

I'm not defending him. I literally said at least he's trying to make things more accessible. I don't necessarily agree with the change, just open to hearing ideas for making bitcoin more accessible.

We probably should change the name of the dollar because it has lost all meaning.

"On 2 April 1792, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton reported to Congress the precise amount of silver found in Spanish dollar coins in common use in the states. As a result, the United States dollar was defined[27] as a unit of pure silver weighing 371 4/16th grains (24.057 grams), or 416 grains of standard silver (standard silver being defined as 371.25/416 in silver, and balance in alloy).[28] It was specified that the "money of account" of the United States should be expressed in those same "dollars" or parts thereof. "

Last I checked $1 does not equal 24.057 grams, or 416 grains of standard silver. As of right now it is like $25.

My point by writing all this out is that we don't actually know the meaning behind things. And if it doesn't work we don't use it. Maybe the name is irrelevant.

I just don't understand the hostility to trying to make thing more accessible. If it is just because you don't like Jack and that he is an out of touch billionaire, alright fine. If it is dumb idea, OK. Then do you have a better idea to make things more accessible?

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:P 7mo ago

Dollars have been renamed throughout time. It went from gold certificates to silver certificates to IOU federal reserve notes (fiat).

I don’t hate jack, I try not to hate anyone. I dislike what people say and or do not the person. I dislike when people try to change bitcoin. I dislike when a person who has had success thinks their opinions are more valuable than everyday peoples’.

There is no guarantee that rebranding sats to bitcoin would actually make a positive difference with bitcoin adoption. In my opinion it will create more confusion and further divide bitcoiners.

Sats the standard. Forever 21.

existing sprinkles 7mo ago

Setting aside the name change thing, because I personally don't find it to be a good idea. And I don't feel like wasting time on it since it seems we both agree it is not a great idea. The part of this conversation I am interested in is making things more accessible.

From what I understand Bitcoin has changed from the Block size wars and adding lightening to it and probably other things I don't understand.

What would you suggest to make Bitcoin more accessible to the very day person? Right now I personally feel like it is hard to explain and use. If using it in the day to day life were easy then I wouldn't have to explain it. And vice versa.

:P 7mo ago

I would say time, we need more time.

Bitcoin is the fastest growing network that ever was. Bitcoin adoption is outpacing the internet, mobile phones and all the technology that came before it.

Word of mouth is the best advertising and it’s underway. We just need a little bit of patience.

Imagine how hard electricity was to explain or the internet.

Bitcoin is fine as it is we don’t need to keep fucking with it.

existing sprinkles 7mo ago

The internet and electricity are constantly being improved though. It becomes more efficient and easier/safer to use.

I think something that would make things more accessible is making more tools like nostr where they encourage the use of Bitcoin. Because right now I am barely able to use it directly. I would love to have a Shopify version. I know Plebian Market and stuff exists but it is more of a platform to post your stuff to sell and you have to handle each individual transaction.

:P 7mo ago

This is where the time component comes in. With enough time we will have all the applications and hardware

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 7mo ago

I actually the Jerk now. He's just proven that he was complicit in the censorship on Twitter. He's just proven he will say anything for money or because they have video of him with a 16 year old.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 7mo ago

Hate.

And I never trusted that hippie from day 1

:P 7mo ago

I have been weary of him since his involvement with JayZ and Tidal. Seems like he got captured on film at one of JayZ and Diddy’s freak offs.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 7mo ago

it's so transparent, and it's quite hilarious they think this is gonna fly