195 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 26 Mar 2023 \ on: What's needed for Bitcoin to be ready? bitcoin
I think the technology is quite ready. I mean we have a good amount of apps and solutions that could offer a good steady adoption.
LN is definitely helping a lot. We are in 2023 not 2013 anymore with just 2 wallet apps to use and only onchain.
What I think is needed is user education, well informed about solutions available.
I see organizing many local meetups. This is awesome, this is needed for nocoiners. A direct contact with bitcoin educators.
There's no need for podcasts talking about "investment", TA and crap like that.
Is time to show the world that Bitcoin is freedom money, is a payment network, not a speculation tool.
There's no need for podcasts talking about "investment", TA and crap like that.
Is time to show the world that Bitcoin is freedom money, is a payment network, not a speculation tool.
Exactly. And you even get headwind from Bitcoiners when you say that Bitcoin is a money and not an investment! 😔😔
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I've personally not seen this from people I'd classify as "bitcoiners."
I do see it all over Crypto Twitter but that place is cancer full of pump and dump shitcoins.
When I speak to bitcoiners - and here I refer primarily to the kind of people who you find here and on Nostr etc - there is none of this day trader get rich quick mindset. They understand the philosophy BTC was built on. They read Satoshi's reasoning for why Bitcoin was necessary and buy it primarily due to sharing those beliefs.
That doesn't mean they don't (or shouldn't) convert some to fiat during bull runs. After all most people cannot pay rent in Bitcoin. But they don't view it as a trading game, generally.
I think there is somewhat of a generational gap here too. It's weird to think about, but Bitcoin is 14 years old. A generation is 20 years.
A lot of the new kids only know "crypto = gainz." They're the same ones buying a load of ShibeDogeMoonSafe because "if it becomes worth a dollar I'm a millionaire." Same kinda gullible morons who would be buying worthless pink sheet stocks if crypto didn't exist.
But the OG's who were around in the early days and said HODL when it was practically worthless are a different breed entirely. Or even the OG's who were too stupid to HODL but still used Bitcoin to buy stuff in those early days because they believed in the vision. (That's me.)
I guess my point is, we gotta orange pill the new kids properly, so they understand why Bitcoin exists and why it's important beyond just "number go up."
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There's no need for podcasts talking about "investment"
This.
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