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Our standard answer to people saying that Bitcoin is too complicated used to be, " Bank customers do not need to know how the internet ledgers of a bank work, to use their service " but now with the introduction of things like UASF people have to approach their merchants and exchanges and services to figure out what services will be safe to use, depending on what route those services will be going with this scaling option.
Are we overcomplicating Bitcoin for non-technical users of this technology? < They have no clue what chain split and soft forks are, and should they be that involved? >
Our goal should be to make it very simple for Granny to understand and to grow adoption. ^hmmmmmm^
Imagine if the reserve bank issued 2 different types of $1 notes and one type of note was accepted at specific merchants and not at other. This will create a lot of confusion with the general public.
Example : https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6e25yx/im_investing_on_bitcoin_for_some_time_but_what/
Are we overcomplicating Bitcoin for non-technical users of this technology? < They have no clue what chain split and soft forks are, and should they be that involved? >
Our goal should be to make it very simple for Granny to understand and to grow adoption. ^hmmmmmm^
Imagine if the reserve bank issued 2 different types of $1 notes and one type of note was accepted at specific merchants and not at other. This will create a lot of confusion with the general public.
Example : https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6e25yx/im_investing_on_bitcoin_for_some_time_but_what/
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The problem with the overcomplication is it is only overcomplicated if a person does not seek the knowledge to understand the intricacies of Bitcoin.
I am not saying that people should all just dedicate their lives to trying to understand Bitcoin, however, if you are going to be owning the token then you should understand how it works.
If we applied this exact same principle to the fiat money we all use today, no one would ever use banks because they would see the system for what it is.
So, the message is, overcomplication is actually a good thing because it drives people to learn and understand as opposed to just sitting and listening to others that are deemed 'more intelligent', instead of raising one's own intelligence so that they do understand. If we don't force ourselves to learn and innovate we are not moving forward and away from the same corrupt and flawed system, we have today.
Knowledge is power and power is derived from intelligence. If you do not make yourself uncomfortable you will never grow as a person.
