Oddbean new post about login | logout Bitcoin Magazine and a large part of the Bitcoin community have completely lost the plot: praising Saylor, LARPing instead of using bitcoin, inviting Donald Trump to the Nashville conference... From wanting to get rid of central banks to bending the knee to cantillionaires. Sad!
Bitcoin is for everyone, no?
Sure, dbags included.
More people buying and holding is literally the *only* way we eventually separate money from state. The USA's largest populist movement being pro-bitcoin is a good thing, that will absolutely also bring challenges. There isnt a plot being lost here... This is game theory playing out (ahead of schedule IMHO)
Is this story of Trump being invited to the conference true?! Thought it's a bad joke first time I heard it.... Well, voices of it not being a actual Bitcoiner conference are circulating since along time nostr:nevent1qqsr8d0w30x475cqwrge6tz7x709479lmmnj7u7yr95ql5wh4ddskvgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygrl54h466tz4v0re4pyuavvxqptsejl0vxcmnhfl60z3rth2xkpjspsgqqqqqqsrxsy84
I wouldn’t worry about the effects trump will have, no one listens to convicted felons.😅
Although I feel this kind of sadness too, isn’t it true that honey badger doesn’t give a shit? Bitcoin has survived worse than politicians trying to get votes..
Privacy wallet developers prosecuted by the government and many Bitcoin services are pulling out of US due to regulatory concerns. They want to KYC everyone and neuter Bitcoin until it's only accessible through their garbage ETFs and bitcoiners are cheering on the guys perpetrating it. Bitcoin doesn't automatically win, we are losing.
Shitcoin Magazine is way past being a serious outlet. They don't only bent the knee a long time ago, but also like to suck the long dick of governments, oligarchs and scammers.
they're pathetic
Many such cases.
From a strategic perspective, it makes sense to use whatever means necessary to get as many eyeballs on the conference as possible. The best case scenario would be for Biden and Trump to have debate round 2 at the conference. Not that it's going to happen, but it would get the world talking about it. All publicity is good.
"Statist bitcoiner" is an oxymoron, and on a long enough time horizon, statists and feudalist LARPers will hand their private keys over to governments and corporations. Bitcoin's game theory obviates the existence of a ruling class https://image.nostr.build/83ee8817060a41c4a1d44457b3d16af793c415bd4788f3d3670414f448dbbe7b.jpg
As long as there are tank and drone factories, whoever controls them is going to be the ruling class. I don't see how bitcoin will replace tank factories.
The economics of destruction are very expensive on a bitcoin standard. The reach of violence is also diminished when the greatest asset is not physical.
Economy is only a part of the story, real power exists independent of the economics.
Wait are we not trying to move bitcoin forward so that all can prosper? Proof of work still reins supreme!
They say they’re showcasing all different sides of Bitcoin, something for every kind of Bitcoiner. In my opinion, this is fine, shit ton better than anything this big in the space. Now, I don’t agree with the politician gathering, the jpegs, the flashy conferences .. but there are Bitcoiners who love this. Purity tests aren’t great for something designed for everyone’s use.
