678 sats \ 11 replies \ @carlosfandango 2 Mar \ on: Here is the Saylor message in a nutshell bitcoin
An @DarthCoin warning is worth heeding.
Saylor makes a lot of really interesting points and commentaries with regard to economics, monetary technologies of the past etc. But I have never stopped to ask why and assumed it was altruistic. It doesn’t appear that he is a fiat maxi playing the bitcoin game (and early to the party) rather than a bitcoin-maxi out to change the fiat game. I shan’t make that mistake again.
I have to apologize to @kr and other stackers, that my intention with this post wasn't about the MSM SN experiment or ranking or something like that.
I was just pissed off when I saw what crazy things Saylor says and support. I tried not to post more on SN exactly to let others to show their PoW, but I cannot stand put against such bullshit against Bitcoin. I must defend Bitcoin by all means.
I had to warn others.
If I would be there at the conference I will stand up and call out Saylor, in front of all audience...
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I instantly think of that scene in the Big Short where Mark Baum (Steve Carell) interjects during the Vegas conference when he said he wouldn't.
It's at 2.39 of you don't want to watch the whole thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCx5Ph7EAxg
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I don’t think you have to apologise. Most of us are interested in your opinion and if you feel strongly it’s right to share regardless of what else is going on. We can always downzap!
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Did you watch his talk, though?
Don't trust, verify.
Darth has his own strong bias (akin to anarchism) which I'm not saying I disagree with. But are we really throwing Saylor under the bus because he explains the compliance needs of large institutional investors? Bitcoin will scale, in part, to these fiat monoliths - that's the truth of the world. We can't flip the switch on society and go full bitcoin. This is a decades-long transition where the normies are going to depend on highly-regulated institutions to safeguard their bitcoin. Of course, the rest of us know better..
Saylor has done some of the best work to change minds towards bitcoin. He does not have the same message as Darth (which I take to be very valuable, Darth, don't get me wrong.) But not everyone should self custody, or will self custody. Some are close to retirement, all their fiat is already invested and they will now depend on these large institutions to re-allocate.. hopefully out of gold, et al. and into bitcoin.
But, ask me again in 50 years. I think come 50 years from now if you're not fully self custodial you are either (1) too lazy to learn or (2) we have all failed to make bitcoin scale well enough to allow that.
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I think that this meme say it all
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I thought, Saylor is with us, @DarthCoin opened my eyes!
Don't trust Verify applies here...
Thanks for this post Dartcoin
🔖 Bookmarked.
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Let's not demonize everyone who gives a talk about bitcoin that doesn't fully align with our own perspectives. Especially as we go into the next cycle.. we're going to hear a BUNCH of people talking about bitcoin. A lot of it will be boring, recycled and unimaginative.
Yes, bitcoin is for the self-sovereign. Bitcoin is also for the cucked. If we can remove fiat and replace with bitcoin, the cucks will still live among us. 🤣
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Please tell that to all those were cheering up like at a political rally for X politician...
https://fxtwitter.com/gegelsmr4/status/1763612905700811245
Bitcoin do not need this crap.
And I wasn't expecting that from bitcoiners (if I can call them that).
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And I wasn't expecting that from bitcoiners
What were you expecting after latest accomplishments? Shilling custodial solutions (eCash, Fedi), custodial "Federations" (Liquid)... Half of bitcoin influencers and podcasters selling their MSTR stocks that they bought meanwhile they were telling you "100% in Bitcoin and I'm never selling", and the other half buying BTC ETFs because "it's almost imposible that BlackRock falls, it's too big".
What a shit-show...
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Thank you for the giggles.
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