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Author Topic: Bitcoin in 2019: Are we still libertarians, cypherpunks, and crypto-anarchists?  (Read 290 times)
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June 12, 2019, 06:38:18 PM
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Does it matter? Does it beneficial to the ecosystem and the community of Bitcoin? Even though the underlying technologies and the features of Bitcoin support those ideologies, I think we should maintain and support the nature of Bitcoin neutrality principle in order to make Bitcoin survive, and able to rapidly grow the adoption.

Rather than associating Bitcoin with a specific ideology, we should maintain the neutrality which I believe it is ways better than anything in term of Bitcoin ecosystem.
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June 12, 2019, 07:37:39 PM
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You don't have to hate banks and traditional finance to realise they're not actually doing you any favours most of the time.

Bitcoin is politically and geographically neutral, immune from meddling and entirely under your control if you wish it to be. None of those are controversial ideas and you don't have to be a foaming nutter to believe those characteristics might be helpful to you.

It might take many more years for people to figure that out. So be it. It'll be waiting for them.

In the last 10 years people were figuring it out too slowly, most of the current users are speculators. Those are great points, but people still scratch their heads when you tell them that, they've been using fiat all their lives and don't really see problems with it, so when you start suggesting that there are problems, people will distrust you. Add here negative experience in form of hacks, malware, lost keys, scams, and you can see how most people choose to stay away from crypto.
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June 21, 2019, 09:15:48 AM
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The main reason bitcoin was created is still undergoing process. Albeit bitcoin is a universe digital currency that enable people to acquire or store up their asset. Many believes that bitcoin is created for profit and nothing else.
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