TheGuySwann on Nostr: #Bitcoin was destined to be the most hated, the most lied about, the most attacked of ...
#Bitcoin was destined to be the most hated, the most lied about, the most attacked of all the alternatives.
Why? Because decentralization invariably means that practically nobody is going to get exactly what they wanted out of it.
People have *their* vision for it, and are certain that they are right and everyone else is wrong. This is why centralization is so desirable and things always trend that way.
People are belligerent, foolish, misguided, visionary, risk takers, and everything else under the sun. The whole point of #Bitcoin is that it won’t bend to any single vision. Therefore if your vision of it *requires* a major change, it’s got almost zero chance of happening.
Bitcoin is profound BECAUSE of its ability to work, to remain radically neutral and unchanging, amidst the never ending demands, false claims, shit throwing fights, attacks, and vitriol of a volatile and subjective human environment. Because WE don’t scale at a social level, a global and immutable consensus system is the most important technology in the world.
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In other words, it was inevitable that everyone who loved bitcoin but didn’t get their way, to end up hating it more than even the Peter Schiff’s of the world, because to them it was “hijacked” by never giving them the change/feature/vision that they had for it.
This is why “stay humble” is such an important part of the bitcoiner mantra. Humble in the face of realizing that you can’t just tell Bitcoin to do what you want it to. That you will fight a never ending, losing battle if you **prescribe** what it is, rather than observe and work within its restraints.
In that way, Bitcoin is very much like “the truth,” it’ll set you free but it’ll piss you off first.
Why? Because decentralization invariably means that practically nobody is going to get exactly what they wanted out of it.
People have *their* vision for it, and are certain that they are right and everyone else is wrong. This is why centralization is so desirable and things always trend that way.
People are belligerent, foolish, misguided, visionary, risk takers, and everything else under the sun. The whole point of #Bitcoin is that it won’t bend to any single vision. Therefore if your vision of it *requires* a major change, it’s got almost zero chance of happening.
Bitcoin is profound BECAUSE of its ability to work, to remain radically neutral and unchanging, amidst the never ending demands, false claims, shit throwing fights, attacks, and vitriol of a volatile and subjective human environment. Because WE don’t scale at a social level, a global and immutable consensus system is the most important technology in the world.
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In other words, it was inevitable that everyone who loved bitcoin but didn’t get their way, to end up hating it more than even the Peter Schiff’s of the world, because to them it was “hijacked” by never giving them the change/feature/vision that they had for it.
This is why “stay humble” is such an important part of the bitcoiner mantra. Humble in the face of realizing that you can’t just tell Bitcoin to do what you want it to. That you will fight a never ending, losing battle if you **prescribe** what it is, rather than observe and work within its restraints.
In that way, Bitcoin is very much like “the truth,” it’ll set you free but it’ll piss you off first.