Oddbean

If she understood bitcoin I would still listen to her objections, but she clearly speaks and writes more than she listens or reads. nostr:nevent1qqs8wkl4ah2um8n6fzxw9j07r6ks6a30wk09vn6q45axkqwk7g4rcqqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsrhnzkx2jww5y48gspd7v34kx2avvvuafhhqhjtc3vp0fmjqpa3wqrqsqqqqqpexpfee

She's just chasing the incentives, and pandering to her doomerville base is working for her, logic be dammed. I've listened to her stuff, she makes some good points here and there, but when people point out issues I always ask so whats the solution, lets entertain that more

I didn't go too indepth in the sources, I checked out a few interviews and clicked through and got the same impression, like a lot can be chalked up to interests and incentives set out by government and those in the top tier private sector jumping on it or advising on it, I don't often get the people all getting together on Island to plan how to exploit the poors kinda vibe from central planning I also thought that if she was really on to something wouldn't there be like an active campaign to keep these things quiet

If she understood Bitcoin she’d project her theories with game theory. She doesn’t. She assumes fiat parasites continue unabated using Bitcoin to enslave the world even though they can’t control the rules like they do in fiat. Whitney can’t be taken seriously because she hasn’t done the PoW.

Would do well if she had a few chats with Jeff Booth or Saif, a little introduction to deflation and how capital markets work would help I am sure of it. I am always open to listening to peoples critiques, especially of Bitcoin because I don't just want to drink the koolaid. I do think mining continues to centralise and is an attack vector and I do think ETFs can grow to a size where they try to fork the network or push more KYC and privacy on BTC isn't that great and these are things to worry about

Lol sorry to break the truth to you nostr:nprofile1qyvhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnndehhyapwwdhkx6tpdshsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmny9uq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwveskuenpwfjhxtnfduhszxmhwden5te0wfjkccte9eekzar0wd5xjerwvvhxxmmd9uq3wamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd3hhyetww3azu6tn9uq3jamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd35kyetjw3ujuenpdeej7qg6waehxw309ac8ymmzd3jk6ct5d93jumn9w3mk7unt9uqzqs2amz5sjfyt6nzs2hf8gt829rvja8uev5dcey9uhu4cz6758hx59dcww9 but as a CIA mandate I run my node and I have lightning channels to Epstiens island 🏝️

She doesn’t need Jeff or Saif. Any pleb could tell her that the world doesn’t stand still whilst parasites try to enslave it using Bitcoin as a vector. I too listen to criticisms, go ahead and burst my bubble! She doesn’t understand the basics of game theory though. So she can’t burst any bubbles. Let the parasites accumulate 25% of BTC. Good luck protecting those key holders with a 25% bounty on their heads..