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 “BOOTSTRAP NETWORK EFFECT.” Is meaningless Cult Drivel.

Putting it in ALL CAPS doesn’t make what is false true, and it doesn’t make math and the hard requirements of reality disappear either.

Enthusiasm is not a substitute for practical matters.

It’s easy to TALK but much harder to put your money where your mouth is. That is a minimum requirement to get things done and change the world.

Reality is not a TV show. It is not a meme. It is not a “Game”. You can’t change reality by wishful thinking or hiding your head under a hat “for OPSEC”. 
 “BOOTSTRAP NETWORK EFFECT.” Is meaningless Cult Drivel.

Putting it in ALL CAPS doesn’t make what is false true, and it doesn’t make math and the hard requirements of reality disappear either.

Enthusiasm is not a substitute for practical matters.

It’s easy to TALK but much harder to put your money where your mouth is. That is a minimum requirement to get things done and change the world.

Reality is not a TV show. It is not a meme. It is not a “Game”. You can’t change reality by wishful thinking or hiding your head under a hat “for OPSEC”. nostr.oxtr.dev 
 “BOOTSTRAP NETWORK EFFECT.” Is meaningless Cult Drivel.

Putting it in ALL CAPS doesn’t make what is false true, and it doesn’t make math and the hard requirements of reality disappear either.

Enthusiasm is not a substitute for practical matters.

It’s easy to TALK but much harder to put your money where your mouth is. That is a minimum requirement to get things done and change the world.

Reality is not a TV show. It is not a meme. It is not a “Game”. You can’t change reality by wishful thinking or hiding your head under a hat “for OPSEC”. nostr.fmt.wiz.biz 
 What would it look like if network effect were to be bootstrapped? 
 Ask ChatGTP. You’ll get more “intelligence” out of an LLM than a Bitcoin Cultist. 
 You seem angry. Why? 
 Ask ChatGPT for your answers. 
 > hiding your head under a hat “for OPSEC”

i.e. exactly what Satoshi Nakamoto did 

(Otherwise I agree with the main point of the post)