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bitcoinsandy | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 That’s not what I’m saying at all. You’re talking about fiat version of Bitcoin adoption. That is just another asset allocation in legacy theft World. I don’t care about that. It was always going to happen. But what blows many people’s minds is when they actually grasp keys and self sovereignty and no middle man. It clicks. This is what Saylor/Fink want anyone new to forget all about. This is regulatory capture on steroids.
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Nic | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I’m with you on this being a fiat/Bitcoin adoption play, but I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing. That's probably where we disagree. 

What will attract people to the technology is the fiat number going up. While we've spent thousands of hours studying Bitcoin, most people haven’t. We understand the value of self-sovereignty; they don’t. All they care about is the fiat value increasing, and that’s the hook—not all the other things we prioritize.

I was talking to a friend about Bitcoin last weekend, and he felt it was overwhelming and too complicated. For someone like that, buying the ETF is a good way to ease them into it.
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bitcoinsandy | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Ease them into what though, just another fiat allocation. NGU until it’s confiscated. Not a great learning curve to never know self sovereignty. It is what it is. I just always advise a small buy to watch volatility and learn self custody whilst doing so. It’s not hard