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They're not done laughing yet though. Many of us have succumbed to enemy FUD/threat misdirection, taken our eye off the prize and turned on each other in a battle for second place, last decapitation in a Highlander competition. We can fight over optimizations later, if we win.

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Jesse Powell

@jespow

· Mar 25, 2021

After 10 years in crypto, for the first time, it feels like we are entering the early stages of mainstream adoption. Am I relieved? No. I'm fearful because it marks the end of our ability to be ignored. Get ready to fight.

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John Carvalho

@BitcoinErrorLog

Mar 25, 2021

Optimization is fighting. It’s the same thing. Schnorr upgrade gives msig privacy, etc. LN gives scale, keeping nodes lightweight for decentralization, etc.

Jesse Powell

@jespow

Mar 25, 2021

Agree. My main problem is people wasting valuable time spreading false narratives in the media. We can hype up our favorite protocols without disparaging other protocols which might be inferior but still vastly superior to the incumbent fiat protocol.

John Carvalho

@BitcoinErrorLog

Mar 25, 2021

Depends on what level you are fighting. If your charge is only free capitalism, that makes sense. If you also want to do things like improve human cooperation, efficiency, self-sovereignty, and dismantle central banks, then there very few alt protocols to Bitcoin with relevance

Jesse Powell

@jespow

Mar 25, 2021

Agree but that doesn’t stop them from throwing Bitcoin (and even Ethereum) under the bus with media, regulators, legislators. Rather than explain how defi/crypto is superior to the legacy system, they’re focused on pumping their own coins by way of making other cryptos look worse