There is a whole city to build, but the time is going to arguing about the names of the streets.
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If you sat someone down and talked to them about Bitcoin. Showed them code, network stats, etc ...
Then asked what do we need to do to make Bitcoin better? None of the things that are being used to divide Bitcoiners would be on that list. None
Portlandhodl makes a really good point here. As bitcoin grows it is inevitable that people you don't agree with work on it, use it, affect it.
As a bitcoiner, how do you stay focused on what matters?
Show up to work everyday and put in the work.
Kinda. The problem is that most people want faster horses.
Somehow, once you have an electric engine you are tired of people wanting fancy horse saddle charms.
At some point you have to accept a technical limitation and try to engineer around it. It might look like you are working against the people asking for more horses, but you are trying to push them forward through their ignorance.
asking to solve the "larger issues" first is like asking the sherpas to make it easier to climb the mountains, before choosing to climb the mountain;
that's not how mountains are meant to be climbed; do the great work, and it'll get easier despite the challenges; otherwise have fun staying spiritually dead;
I think the time was well spent (#976885) in the sense that we all learned a lot about each other. Maybe it didn't amount to anything technically, but this whole social consensus thing is kind of a big deal.
The arguing shows that we care.
It needs to succeed so the strongest arguments should (in theory) rise to the top.
I mostly feel this way, but sometimes it does feel like we get so worked up about small stuff when we've got much bigger fish to fry (like, is anybody going to actually self custody here?)
war happens, this revolution is mostly peaceful.. arguments are part of the solutions
Bitcoin didn’t solve the governance and human cooperation problem. Unfortunately that will always exist
It helped though. The fact that it's still here is a testament to this: bitcoin aligned incentives in a way that has at least allowed it to become as big as it is.
Your broader point I sympathize with. Bitcoin has value because people want it.
Are you sure? I seen respected bitcoin people meltdown over this OP_Return deal? You still got the CTV folks wanting their OP code turned on in the code base.
I think many land mines are afoot and it will only get worse as more fiat comes into the network
https://xcancel.com/PortlandHODL/status/1932011870288060925
It's always shitcoiners/scammers/retards that want everyone to get along