10 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 4 Jul 2023 \ parent \ on: How did Nassim Nicholas Taleb go from Bitcoiner to Bitcoin hater? bitcoin
I think the drama goes to his assertion that bitcoin fails as a protocol. His point that unlike gold, it must be tended to and nurtured or it dies. To me, the heart of his criticism goes to properties that existed when he wrote the forward. Bitcoin didn't change. He did.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @03365d6a53 4 Jul 2023
aha. such sensitivity. much doge.
he's totally right of course - bitcoin needs nurturing, or it does die.
and you are totally right also, nothing changed in bitcoin.
if only such "outrage" at online opinions could be directed towards positive outcomes..
such as education, and adoption.
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