I see him misleading people with his words, his speeches are totally different from what he preached 2 yrs ago for example. Anyway you are right, it is a test, on multiple levels, and people should find on their own way what Bitcoin is, why it exists and how they will use it for their own interest and incentives.
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Agreed 🎯
He has always done this to some extent. Changing his tune based on his audience and telling half truths to make his point.
The most telling thing he said a few months back to me was “when I used to walk into a board room to tell people about Bitcoin ‘the digital currency’ I would loose most of them before I even started. But now when I tell them about Bitcoin ‘the hardest/scarcist asset in cyberspace’ I get their attention right away.
I think he views his mission as “Overton Window Shifter” and realises that he can’t be as brash as he was in 2020-2023 about the whole new world Bitcoin facilitates. A world that (to me) won’t possible have nation states in their current over reaching form. If at all.
Just my 2 cents.
For more clarity, the half truths I was referring to above were often about gold being a horrible store of value historically. Which is categorically untrue.
And the reasons he would state were misleading. (Always needing to be melted down to verify, etc)
Bitcoin is/will be superior to gold in every way if it stays decentralised and secure, but it’s never saw the need to be disingenuous about gold to make his points. Struck me that he likely has deeply rooted self-reflection/honesty issues.
I recognised the signs since I have/had the same shadow blindside in my make-up.