I wrote a end-of-year deep dive for Bitcoin Magazine a few years ago about some of it

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/asset-bubbles-covid-19-make-bitcoin-case

_hint, hint_, I wrote up another, briefer take for BM in recent months and will throw it out there when it makes sense to do so

Oh, fascinating. I don't think I've ever heard your orange pilling story.


SimpleStacker

Was the Bitcoin Standard a big part of your orange pilling?

No, I found it simplified, unintelligent, and dumb. I was balls-deep in monetary history at the time, and the surface-level shit that Saif brought was 

. (I was also mostly a sour/anti-Bitcoiner at the time, so maybe doesn't count for much.)

bitcoin

Question: Why is the book "The Bitcoin Standard" so effective at orange pilling?

Signal312

> Was the Bitcoin Standard a big part of your orange pilling?

No, I found it simplified, unintelligent, and dumb. I was balls-deep in monetary history at the time, and the surface-level shit that Saif brought was _less than impressive_. (I was also mostly a sour/anti-Bitcoiner at the time, so maybe doesn't count for much.) 