You do remind me of a moment I had in what I think was 2020 or 2021. I was reading the white paper and a lot about bitcoin's game theory. The genesis block as well was a factor. I started getting more acquainted with the bitcoin community as well. It became really clear to me that Satoshi had to be at least very well read on Austrian economics and that bitcoin was as close to a test case for an Austrian system as we would get. Gold is fine but not for the digital age. Honestly I think the invention of the telegram was the beginning of the end of gold as currency.

Anyway, I started asking myself why aren't more Austrians and libertarians really excited and into bitcoin. I also realized that these bitcoiners are my people. Was a cool realization.

Its all relative of course. I'm aware of Woods and Murphy both talking positively about bitcoin and having it. I agree with you sentiment though. Many in that camp seem to not be as into bitcoin as I would expect them to be. I do agree with you that age is likely a factor.

I remember hearing Tom Woods talk about meeting a bitcoiner, don't recall who it was but they are well know and them helping him feel confident enough to take his stash off Coinbase finally. Tom was pretty sheepish about how long it took him to do it and how surprised he was at how simple and easy it was.

Its easy for us that are technical or have been using bitcoin tools for a long time to forget how foreign this stuff is to normies. And not just old normies. Young ones too.