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This is cool
@carter out here... spitting straight facts again
The most 'blue' state? California (probably).
The most 'red' state? Alabama (Probably).
Should it be any more obvious???
Don't worry, Trump will fix it.
Tariffs are the answer like Peter Navarro says 'they will protect us'
Edit: /s
That would just piss them off. They think it terms of 'gains' and 'how many more dollars' they can get at least from what I've seen
I agree with this post 100%. With regards to 'the other people' and the world in general... you described my experience perfectly. The stone wall the waste of time etc... yup.
The masses are missing their chance to front run the elite
It's a shame. Every BTC that MSTR gobbles up each week is another whole-coiner that will never be. Think about that.
There is certainly some of that. No question about it.
But I believe the greater issue... is the lack of education. The lack of imagination. The lack of educational curiosity...
And the lack of "low time preference". To see out beyond the horizon and imagine a different world base on energy, computers, and and free-actors organizing around a different system.
I have acquaintances who sell refrigerators, refurbished goods, computer parts, artwork, shoes etc etc... in small amounts of course but they only deal in cash. They aren't declaring their 'artwork hustle' for their 'shoes hustle' for tax purposes they simply don't care/it's too insignificant.
And people wouldn't really care about taxes for Bitcoin either at daily levels. So I don't think that's it. It's more of an education issue.
Opt-in sure... but there was no 'opt in' to use the internet either.
Yet here were are.
If I didn't believe in the value of Bitcoin especially proof-of-work I wouldn't be sitting here after work replying to a bunch of anons on the internet on a very niche forum about magic internet money.
I believe that in the long run Bitcoin makes the world better.
The general public desperately needs to understand it and proliferate it as usable exchanged currency
It's really a shame that the "elite" and the institutions are buying so much of it.
Bitcoin was supposed to be a referendum of the shortcomings of the financial system... yet here were are. The institutions are buying it like crazy and the "elite" too to some degree.
Meanwhile the 'little guy' is like whaaaa?
How do I tip the Uber driver Lightning, unless I ask him/her if they have a Lightning App? In which case when they say "no what's that" I just say "nevermind..."
But if it's a friend or colleague I may explain what Lightning is. Then some sort of conversation ensues.
I don't push things. I don't 'orange pill'. But if Bitcoin is designed to be used... then the idea is to use it. And how do I know when/where to use it unless I ask???
are more likely to understand that BTC is better money, and therefore they are less likely to want to spend it if there is inferior money left to spend
I try to spend ~2 percent of the Bitcoin I buy. This way I incentivize people to accept it... and for it to be actually used transactionally. I believe this makes sense if people buy 100$ of Bitcoin maybe they should spend ~ 2% to help jumpstart the Bitcoin economy and encourage small business.
Good! LN is pretty complicated. Its probably best if people don't know it exists.
Just stating the obvious... but Lightning isn't smoothed out/intuitive enough yet to 'just work'. It helps to have a basic idea of how it works to understand what a channel is, opening a channel, writing down a seed phrase, the difference between on-chain/Lightning etc.
Just enough knowledge to use Phoenix. But that's actually A LOT for the general population.
This should be a hint... stop talking about bitcoin and start asking them about their ideas of money.
It usually comes up when I owe a friend 10$... and I ask them 'if they take Lightning'. Then the conversation ensues.
Do they feel inflation? Where do they think inflation comes from? Do they like the USD? Do they think we should go back to gold standard?
This is more than like 99% of people think about.
If you make them feel like they're being sold something, or educated, that's less ideal than if you make them feel curious and intellectual about the nature of money and value.
100% agree.
Maybe they're right! If you are curious about their reasons, maybe they'll become curious about your reasons for owning BTC.
I think the people I'm referring to generally... don't know what a transaction is, what a mempool is, what a 'wallet' is etc... they say they don't understand "why there are so many Bitcoins" and why Bitcoin "has value". They don't have any technical understanding of it... to the contrary it just doesn't "feel good" so they don't want to acknowledge it exists.
Some people are downright hostile to hearing anything about Bitcoin or they think you have to buy a "whole coin" so they can't/won't etc etc...
A lot of people just wished it didn't exist so they ignore it.
[Btw... thank you for your contributions to the BTC community if you are who I think you are.]
Hard to use Bitcoin in 'the real world' if the real world doesn't know what it is.
After all... if Bitcoin is to be 'money everywhere'... then everywhere it will be used.
So maybe there are shops and stores that take it, but you don't know until you ask. Then when you do ask confusion/strange looks/weird vibes result.
Very true. I've always been the kind of person, for better or for worse, if I believed something was 'the right thing' or 'the right way' and still believed that a long time way...
I would act on it. I never wanted to 'follow the crowd'.
But eventually, everyone turns to bitcoin.
This is what I believe... to one degree or another at least. It's like gravity is to physics. Or fuel is to a car... either you have it or you don't.
Your friends will turn to bitcoin when they feel the need for it. Just make it known that they can come talk to you and ask for advice / seek education when that need arises.
We should be there for our friends, and be ready for if (and when) they come asking about Bitcoin sincerely and with an open mind.