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202 sats \ 2 replies \ @BallLightning 11 Oct \ on: DISCUSS: saying "hold your own keys" is similar to "run your own email server" bitcoin
I am periodically telling here that self custody should be made as easy as possible. When I point out some obvious problems with the current solutions, they are often dismissed with "if somebody is not smart enough to do something, they do not deserve bitcoin and they and their children deserve to DIE a horrible death!!!! 1!1!1".
I often think about driving cars and how in many places around the world, humans managed to figure out how to use motor vehicles. Similarly, mistakes with cars can have severe consequences (even death!); similarly, there is extensive infrastructure required to make it convenient; similarly, there is some amount of learning that is involved in successfully using a car.
So there is hope that people will both make Bitcoin easier to use and that people will be willing to learn how to use it.
Just sometimes, it seems unlikely.
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I often think about driving cars and how in many places around the world, humans managed to figure out how to use motor vehicles.
You realise some people think motor vehicles should only be driven by select professionals?
It's a subtle opinion, and too easily confused with the self-driving hype.
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