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I got to say though, if Bitcoin is decreed as the standard this can only be a benefit to humanity.
It's like decreeing honest hard work as a standard.
I'd say we go for it.
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I'm quite sure that something being beneficial is the thought behind many a decree. The decree itself is a massive problem as it is coercive and directly goes against the principle of voluntaryism, or what Hayek called "spontaneous order".
I'm probably not the right person to defend this because I'm much too practical a soul, which may be why this resonates with me in the first place. However, we should be really careful what we wish for.
A benevolent tyrant is still a tyrant. Even if the majority agrees; then it's just a democratic tyranny.
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I'm closing on 13 years in and I am still not convinced that that is ideal. If the standard (which is always by decree) is Bitcoin, then what... shitcoiners become the cool rebels? I remain of the unpopular opinion that Bitcoin does best when it is optional, not mandatory. Fuck standards, embrace best practices to solve your problems.
Educational effort > standardization effort?