1/ Some have accused me of using a harsh tone towards Professor Gun (Gun not Emin). Perhaps I could have used a softer tone & focused on attacking just the “idea”. But IMO Gun should be called out because his behavior has been consistent for years.https://twitter.com/CGrunspan/status/1046723465376608258 …
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6/ It’s this deference to authority that lowers the signal-to-noise ratio. People believe in the hype just because some person went to this & that prestigious school, worked for a particular company/some “successful” past project (like Ethereum)...
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7/ ... or somehow managed to get a social badge like a PhD, Professor and even cypherpunk “OG”.
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8/ Stay vigilant. Bitcoin is more than sound money. It is part of the larger cypherpunk movement that rejects authority. (That includes cypherpunk OGs who turn around & abuse their influence.) Even more important than financial independence is thought independence.
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