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170 sats \ 7 replies \ @moneyball OP 14 Sep 2022 \ parent \ on: I'm Steve Lee, lead of Spiral. AMA. bitcoin
I think it is important the bitcoin community is able to articulate the unique properties of proof of work to a variety of audiences including people new to crypto and to lawmakers.
IMO the content available today is geared toward bitcoin enthusiasts and isn't very accessible to other audiences. If we ignore it, the majority of people in other audiences are likely to not appreciate the advantages of PoW over PoS and conclude PoS is superior because "it wastes 99.5% less energy."
I fully expect the pressure to only increase post-The Merge.
Bitcoin community was screaming (not just articulate it) for years about the differences.
Now we are just gaslightning the useless debate.
Who still doesn't get it, fine... HFSP
Who is new - read the fucking tons of documentation and articles, you don't need another endless debate.
Who is already in Bitcoinlandia for years, will just ignore it.
Do not waste your time and energy with this bullshit. We already pass that phase.
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I really think the HFSP attitude is a bad approach to onboarding new people to bitcoin. And like I said, the content available the past 7 years is optimized for hard core bitcoin enthusiasts. There is very little content that is approachable for curious, reasonable people who do not have an inordinate amount of time to research the subject.
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No is not.
I was teaching and onboarding nocoiners for the last 10+ years. And I onboarded hundreds...
HFSP term is used for those who are really square heads and still don't want to understand.
For curious and reasonable people, you just have to say it: "Bitcoin or shitcoins, you choose".
We already pass that time when we try to behave nice with shitcoiners and try to convince them to come on the right path. We are at war and we have to be stronger and keep our path straight and do not let anyone to not even distract for a second with useless debates.
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Bro you are not at war. Jfc
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We are most definitely at war and the stakes are no less than the freedom and self-determination of humanity itself.
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Yes, I am. With shitcoiners and banksters.
I will die on this hill.
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extreme stance like that is always counter productive. Just look at far-right far-left.. both crazy
Here it's just far-bitcoin or far-shitcoin
I know it's fun to war, but bitcoin-maxis turning into bitcoin-extremists is probably not helpful
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