72 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 25 Jul 2023 \ on: What's something bitcoiners do that HURTS adoption more than it helps? bitcoin
I like spend and replace but I think hodl is still a strong narrative. When people get skin in the game they start to learn. I think hodl is first step, then spend and replace.
I think there is a pretty funny meme about this but we are all so passionate about bitcoin we want to tell every new person we are trying to orange pill everything we find amazing about bitcoin. If you are 3 minutes into a conversation with someone and you are singing the praises of the difficulty adjustment they are definitely going to say this is confusing as fuck no way I am buying that shit. haha
People need to skill up in talking about bitcoin, for sure. I really don't think difficulty adjustment needs to be a part of any convo unless specifically asked about, lol.
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That was just one example. I just think we need to offer a few key talking points.
-Digital network like the internet that works all around the world
-Permissionless- anyone can join
-Peer to peer/No trusted third party- don't need to trust a bank actually has your money
-Fixed supply asset- government and central bank can't just print more
-Self custody- be your own bank if you want (of course mention this is highly recommended)
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we need more children's books in Bitcoin
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i've made that mistake a few too many times lol
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We all have. I made my wife watch this hour long documentary on bitcoin years ago and it explained the specifics of how the blockchain works, mining and so on. It wasn't super technical but it was a lot of information. She wasn't receptive at all, pretty much thought it was like a tech stock to bet on that uses too much energy. Then one day she was telling me about her friend having trouble sending money across the world and it taking 5 days to settle and costing 150 bucks to send 2000 or something like that and I said why didn't they just use bitcoin and I explained how that would work and the lightbulb went off. I said you know this is very valuable to people trying to send remittances back to their home countries who are waiting days and paying exorbitant rates. This one use case started to change her mind about bitcoin and over the years she hasn't turned into full laser eyed maxi but she is more pro bitcoin than negative and owns it now and saves a bit in it every month.
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I'm a firm believer that if BTC truly is a universal technology, then there really is a use case or advantage or something that anyone around the world can find valuable. It's not just some niche. But it can be more difficult for some than others to figure out what it is they need to hear for the lightbulb to go off.
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