Story time. My encounter with Bitcoin OG, privacy extremist, and defector Amir Taaki:

- "Hey Amir. I work on a Chaumian Ecash system for Bitcoin and I thought you might like it"

- "Ecash on Bitcoin? Well, good luck with THAT!"

- "Why? It's actually going pretty well."

- "Bitcoiners are all ret****d. All they know is HU HU - HODL (imitates cavemen sounds)"

- "Ok boomer. Let's talk about cryptography now."

Some of the old guard has no idea what's going on these days.