I want bitcoin to take over the entire world. But if a company, person, or government that I don’t like buys it, bitcoin has failed. We can not let this happen.
99.99% of eventual BTC owners will no little to nothing about the protocol.
I don’t understand what you’re saying. How do nodes come into this discussion? I’m talking about the feelings experienced by someone you just talked into buying BTC as they watch the price drop.
Ignore is not an option. If you believe the things most of us have believed and said about where bitcoin was always going to go, it was never an option. How could bitcoin take over the store of value function from so many global assets and be ignored?
I mean, no offense saying this, but this is why I have yet to hear an argument from the other side of this which is not based in fantasy.
Because you’re watching a hell of a lot of members of the government become bitcoiners before your eyes. You are not seeing the government disappear, and you’re not going to see that in your lifetime, sorry to tell everybody.
What if the real victory is not beating them, but converting them?
People have a fantasy about what it would be like to live as an enemy of the US government, and who they would be in that situation.
In my experience, the words “Found hiding in a spider hole” loom large.
You can start with “Oh my god the money I just put into bitcoin is disappearing!”
I do not understand people who do not understand this.
We (myself included) often poke fun at pre-coiners who get so hung up on volatility. But check the mood around here, as well as in your own heart. And we’re the ones who understand the rules of the game. We’ve been here before, and know how the story goes.
Those of us who can compartmentalize our feelings like an autistic Vulcan should give more credence to the concerns of your everyday normie.
I’m looking at the title of your presentation, and I think you may want to tone down the academic jargon. Make it more approachable for normies.