121 sats \ 2 replies \ @delta1 11 Mar freebie \ on: Ask HN: How did you stop your friends talking about Bitcoin? - Hacker News news
never read the comments. HN put me off Bitcoin in 2011 which is obviously a huge regret. i could have started my proof of work much sooner by being more curious, instead of influenced by salty commenters.
I also remember reading negative comments against Bitcoin on HN in 2011. The main argument I remember was that "a deflationary currency can't work". That made no sense to me as early on I realised that, like the finite stock of all Picasso paintings in the world, Bitcoin's (eventual) fixed supply was a major positive feature in its design.
I remember that nullc (Greg Maxwell) was one of the very few voices consistently speaking up for Bitcoin on HN (I didn't bother myself, as the forum was so negative and reactionary towards BTC).
Anyway, I've been swayed by bad opinion / commentary on the net many times (the most recent being influenced into getting 2 shots of the Pfizer fake vaccine, stupid me) but fortunately I wasn't swayed by HN on this matter. I appreciate and sympathise with the regret that you must feel. Luckily, you're still early (from whenever you did change your mind).
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hey! thanks for your thoughtful reply. interestingly i don't ever remember what their specific arguments were, but as a young technologist with little understanding of the fiat system i was swayed by their "authority".
absolutely right about their negative reactionary nature towards bitcoin, i'm convinced most of those commenters make up /r/buttcoin.
thanks for the sympathies :) my coping mechanism is to convince myself i would have lost my keys or sold in a previous run. now that i understand it far better those 2 things are far less likely to happen! we are definitely still early, but everyone must learn that from first principles in their own time right.
we all get bitcoin at the price we deserve
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