When a venture capitalist says something negative about Bitcoin, does that make them a scammer? I'm not sure if it's that simple, or at least I'm not aware of the case being referred to. There is the case of Taleb, who was publicly very pro-Bitcoin and then turned against it, valuing BTC at 0 due to cash flow. What is true is that the community can be very aggressive and resistant to change, as Vitalik pointed out in an article last year, but I think this is actually positive for the system that Bitcoin proposes. In this case, it refers to Balaji's bet, and I understand that the explanation behind it may not have been seen, the $1 million was simply a marketing strategy to draw attention and highlight his thesis. I wouldn't compare criticisms (many of which may be false) to people like Balaji, Chamath, Saylor, Cathie Wood, or even Elon, who are making long-term bets and at the very least, "putting their money where their mouth is."

I totally agree that Bitcoin is not inevitable. Are we going to stop recommending custodial wallets? Okay! I'm a big fan of that. But the truth is that non-custodial wallets have more issues and limitations currently, and I don't think it's bad to custody 20 euros that allow a newbie to use Lightning in 10 seconds, as long as it's clear what they are. The key is scalability for micropayments, even though we need to keep pushing for non-custodial wallets.

I don't buy the argument that they are constantly attending conferences. Most of the Bitcoin OGs no longer appear at conferences. In fact, they don't appear in public at all and only speak in private forums (Wenzes, Antonopoulos, Todd, Szabo...).

I agree with the issues of privacy and governments attacks

It’s mentioned that in Madrid only 2 places are left, (I can confirm that in Do eat and Voraz they still work every week) would like to know if he is referring to those two.

Cuando un VC dice algo malo de Bitcoin es un estafador? Nose si esto es tan asi, o por lo menos no conozco el caso al que se refiere. Está el caso de Taleb quien era públicamente muy pro y derrepente se puso en contra cuando valoro BTC en 0 por el cash flow. Lo que si es verdad es que la comunidad es muy agresiva y reacia al cambio como bien dice Vitalik en el artículo del año pasado y creo que es algo positivo para el sistema que propone. Aquí se refiere a la apuesta de Balaji y entiendo que no ha visto la explicación que hay detrás y que lo de 1 millón era simplemente una estrategia de marketing para llamar la Atencion/sonar la alarma y así exponer su tesis. No compararía críticas (muchas de ellas falsas) a gente como Balaji,chamath, Saylor, Cathie wood o incluso Elon quienes apuestan a largo plazo y como mínimo “they put their money where their mouth is.”

Totalmente de acuerdo con que Bitcoin no es inevitable. Vamos a dejar de recomendar wallets custodios? Ok! Soy el más fan. Pero es que los wallets no custodios dan más problemas y tienen más limites hoy por hoy, no creo que custodiar 20 euros que permiten a un “newbie” usar Lightning en 10 segundos sea malo mientras dejen claro lo que son. La clave está en la escalabilidad para micropagos aunque haya que seguir empujando los no custodios.

Lo de que van de conferencia en conferencia no se lo compro, la mayoría de Bitcoin OGs ya no aparecen en las conferencias. De hecho no aparecen en nada público y solo hablan por foros privados. (Wenzes, Antonopoulos, Todd, Szabo…)