Dash on Nostr: https://x.com/btcprague/status/1906964756650426401?s= Bitcoin is really not *that* ...
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Bitcoin is really not *that* different from shitcoins. It was just the first, and had an ethical release in the spirit of free and open source software and cypher punk culture. But the grift around it is similar to shitcoins.
Because ultimately people see it as a way to get rich and so start to worship it in the same way heathens would worship the sun as the perceived source of their sustenance and well being.
All this meming--the confession booths and golden calves and the rest of it--are just people desperate, greedy, and afraid, hoping to keep the "buzz" alive in an effort to placate the orange "god" and make the number go up again or at least stop it going down due to his "anger".
People want to feel like they can do something to make the green candles manifest. It's the same thing the NFTs and meme coiners are doing. Trying to stoke some intangible buzz/vibe "fire" to manifest the green candle. At least with the shitcoiners many of them know it's just a game. So many in Bitcoin actually believe their own bullshit. What is this nonsense going to fix? When humans are so totally depraved, how much is a distributed ledger with a fixed and transparent issuance really going to help? A little, maybe. And maybe people who adopt early deserve to get a little rich. But you have to have clear eyes and full hearts about the fact that all this could be meaningless. It really could go to zero. It's not a deity to be feared/worshiped. It's mostly bullshit. I mean, maybe there is something serious here. I think there is. But the depraved and wicked creature that is man will find an infinite number of ways to corrupt and ruin it.
Good money is a good start. But we need a whole lot more building on top of that solid monetary foundation. And it's going to be a painful transition, I think. We need more self sacrifice, less self aggrandization. May the conference circuit disappear off the face of the earth for all eternity. And more than anything may we get back to the Bible in the west and put our hopes in Christ alone.
Bitcoin is really not *that* different from shitcoins. It was just the first, and had an ethical release in the spirit of free and open source software and cypher punk culture. But the grift around it is similar to shitcoins.
Because ultimately people see it as a way to get rich and so start to worship it in the same way heathens would worship the sun as the perceived source of their sustenance and well being.
All this meming--the confession booths and golden calves and the rest of it--are just people desperate, greedy, and afraid, hoping to keep the "buzz" alive in an effort to placate the orange "god" and make the number go up again or at least stop it going down due to his "anger".
People want to feel like they can do something to make the green candles manifest. It's the same thing the NFTs and meme coiners are doing. Trying to stoke some intangible buzz/vibe "fire" to manifest the green candle. At least with the shitcoiners many of them know it's just a game. So many in Bitcoin actually believe their own bullshit. What is this nonsense going to fix? When humans are so totally depraved, how much is a distributed ledger with a fixed and transparent issuance really going to help? A little, maybe. And maybe people who adopt early deserve to get a little rich. But you have to have clear eyes and full hearts about the fact that all this could be meaningless. It really could go to zero. It's not a deity to be feared/worshiped. It's mostly bullshit. I mean, maybe there is something serious here. I think there is. But the depraved and wicked creature that is man will find an infinite number of ways to corrupt and ruin it.
Good money is a good start. But we need a whole lot more building on top of that solid monetary foundation. And it's going to be a painful transition, I think. We need more self sacrifice, less self aggrandization. May the conference circuit disappear off the face of the earth for all eternity. And more than anything may we get back to the Bible in the west and put our hopes in Christ alone.