SeekerErebus on Nostr: Perhaps I can help add some insight. To the first question: Bitcoiners believe that ...
Perhaps I can help add some insight.
To the first question: Bitcoiners believe that BTC is the best monetary asset that a person can own. We believe it safeguards against theft, inflation, and taxation, and also that it's adoption will provide for a vastly improved future for all humanity. If you believed that you had found something that offered that potential, wouldn't you spend time and effort trying to spread the word of such a breakthrough?
To the second, there are always tradeoffs with any technology. To guarantee a fixed supply, it is necessary for every transaction to be on the public ledger. Monero can't guarantee that, for example. That doesn't mean there aren't methods to enhance privacy. Coinjoins, atomic swaps and similar can obfuscate ownership, and of course the balance of a lightning channel is hidden to all but the participants.
As for the Nostr Bitcoin connection: Nostr decentralizes social networking, and removes the potential for a ruling class. Bitcoin does the same for money. The underlying belief system is identical.
To the first question: Bitcoiners believe that BTC is the best monetary asset that a person can own. We believe it safeguards against theft, inflation, and taxation, and also that it's adoption will provide for a vastly improved future for all humanity. If you believed that you had found something that offered that potential, wouldn't you spend time and effort trying to spread the word of such a breakthrough?
To the second, there are always tradeoffs with any technology. To guarantee a fixed supply, it is necessary for every transaction to be on the public ledger. Monero can't guarantee that, for example. That doesn't mean there aren't methods to enhance privacy. Coinjoins, atomic swaps and similar can obfuscate ownership, and of course the balance of a lightning channel is hidden to all but the participants.
As for the Nostr Bitcoin connection: Nostr decentralizes social networking, and removes the potential for a ruling class. Bitcoin does the same for money. The underlying belief system is identical.