5 sats \ 1 reply \ @phaedrus 2 Feb 2022 \ on: ODELL HERE. AMA bitcoin
Thanks for all the work, especially helping people understand the importance of privacy, and supporting open source developers!
It seems like the block size war is over, but the next one might be censorship, and governments trying to control Bitcoin rather than killing it.
Any recommendations for what can regular people do to help spread the importance of realizing people have the power to opt out, ie don’t use KYC exchanges, or accept Bitcoin without KYC, etc?
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301 sats \ 0 replies \ @ODELL OP 2 Feb 2022
Cheers, glad to hear you find the content helpful, that's why I do it!
I could talk about this topic for hours but will keep it short and sweet here.
  1. Lead by example and stop using regulated services yourself.
  2. When we onboard friends and family we should be giving them their first sats ourselves with non custodial mobile wallets. Let them feel the empowerment that sovereign bitcoin usage brings individuals, explain the tradeoffs that come with using regulated bitcoin services, direct them to resources and education that go into more detail or walk them through it yourself. We should not just be blindly sending people we care about to regulated services, especially without explaining the tradeoffs.
  3. Local meetups are going to grow in importance as we transition into a proper bitcoin circular economy and they have the potential to greatly accelerate that transition. If you already have a local meetup consider participating, if you do not then consider creating one.
  4. Support open source contributors, projects, and resources focused on the goal of sovereign bitcoin usage.
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