I agree with nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev that CTV has a marketing problem.

In my own experience I've seen both proponents that say "Fuck you if you don't already agree with me, obviously you're an idiot"

As well as charitable and patient proponents that help me understand the nuances.

Guy's own episode Read 792 is a good listen I'm finding helpful. The article is by Shinobi, but it has a very helpful Guy's take too.

It's warming me up a lot more than anything so far to CTV. Always DYOR, but this is a great place to start. Note, there's a helpful prerequisite episode mentioned at the start if you haven't read/heard that one.

https://fountain.fm/episode/ipajmjxTPBLmBYwu0oNj

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I think one of the main hesitations (or FUD perhaps) is the video that Andreas did in 2022 talking generally about covenants generally, cautioning against a potential fungibility issue with recursive covenants, which to my understanding are NOT enabled here.

So if you want to get folks on board with CTV:

1: be charitable.

2: point them to this episode.

3: see if Andreas could talk SPECIFICALLY about CTV to clarify his previous comments.

4: finally, don't try gimmicks and tricks for activation.

-- don't MASF-rush this past us.

-- don't doom-scare us about the BRC-20 inscriptions bullshit.

-- try a UASF, or MASF with a reasonable amount of time to review, then activate. How long did allow? Would 6 months seem reasonable?

Change the name to something modern… covenant just sounds like something mysterious borderline bad

And don't get me started on the early computer nerds terminology.

Everything was all:

Hard. Soft. Firm. Floppy.