Ordinary users and digital hygiene \ stacker news ~bitcoin

1385 sats \ 16 comments \ @Monotone 1 Jun 2023 bitcoin

Most online users do not know even the basic rules of behavior in the World Wide Web: they use simple and repetitive passwords, leave a lot of personal information about themselves, and discuss confidential topics in social networks like Facebook or whatsapp.

Can we talk about mass adopting bitcoin when most users aren't ready to use the internet even minimally securely?

We need something that will change people's minds and make them care about their privacy and security. Laws like Chat Control will continue to be passed as long as people don't care about it. Technically savvy users are too few to be visible and somehow resist such laws.

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Jun 2023

Mass adoption strikes me as a form of binary thinking. Right now, there are many people who have a lot to gain from getting into Bitcoin and they are the ones to focus on. As they move into the ecosystem we'll see more innovations that create a new group of people who have a lot to gain from Bitcoin, and so on.

3 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 1 Jun 2023

You can't force people to protect themselves, but the Sovereign Computing push spurred by products like the Embassy Start9 may solve many of these issues.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Monotone OP 1 Jun 2023

It's very good that such products exist

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @ewok 1 Jun 2023

I don't see this changing easily. The younger folks grew up digitally native and take privacy violations as a fact of life. I used to have hope, have conversations with friends and coworkers, and they just literally don't care.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Monotone OP 1 Jun 2023

Sorry to hear that

0 sats \ 10 replies \ @DarthCoin 1 Jun 2023

Here is my view on this aspect about "mass adoption". https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/how-bitcoin-will-save-the-world

TLDR: mass adoption will happen only when more people learn how to live as sovereign individuals.

103 sats \ 9 replies \ @Monotone OP 1 Jun 2023

When I read your articles, it makes me sad that a bright future may not come)

5 sats \ 8 replies \ @DarthCoin 1 Jun 2023

For more you will know about Bitcoin, more toxic you will became.

100 sats \ 7 replies \ @ek 1 Jun 2023

when someone says something negative about bitcoin, do you sense a "disturbance in the force"?

91 sats \ 5 replies \ @Atreus 1 Jun 2023

You haven't noticed @darthcoin's talent for showing up on threads someone has just has something ridiculously stupid in?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 1 Jun 2023

Fun fact: for each of my reply on those shitposts, SN get more sats that are redistributed to users. That means I am double participating to SN: with keeping focused on Bitcoin the discussions and also distributing sats to the rest of the readers.

Is not that wonderful?

126 sats \ 3 replies \ @Monotone OP 1 Jun 2023

Can you justify the stupidity of the post?

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 1 Jun 2023

I don't think he was referring to your post, he was referring in general. Your post, this one, is not stupid. Is a normal question.