I randomly clicked a link in Twitter to this post and saw my handle.
Generally, I do think Bitcoin culture needs to evolve and the problem is probably greed-based. People just wanna hear things and cheerlead ideas that might make them rich. Other than that, most nuance is lost.
People can handle self-custody, and self-custody can be a good experience.
Our wallet Bitkit it getting really close to being ready to add people. The beta version we will release this week is the first time the LN node inside is working mostly reliably. We're excited to keep innovating on the UX.
We're also collaborating with several teams to make LSPs interoperable and preparing to utilize all the latest research to make our "zero lightning experience" where users don;t need to know whether they are using LN or not.
It'll take time, but we'll get there!
And yes, if you arent spending BTC, you're bearish! Once youre all-in, the urge to increase merchant adoption begins.
Sorry for the rant, and thanks for thinking critically about Bitcoin. It's important we all do our part to get this right.
Thanks for replying, John.
Let's see how that beta of BitKit works!
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