Nostriches! Lol. This place can't only be merchants. Merchants are great, don't get me wrong, but a community has to... commune... So I'm giving you, dear reader, homework! Interject into someone's conversation. That's right! Be a virtual third wheel. Interject unapologetically. Conversify. Go forth and say things!

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I'm contractually obliged to say something about "enstupidification" It's a central theme of that thing, the ⭕ It's retarded, really.
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HelpfulGiraffe 5 months ago
Currently is the bottle neck for BTC as medium of exchange merchant, or consumer adoption?
If I ever used a voice changer, it would be to sound like Bane. Imagine, you're getting scammed out of your Bitcoin and the guy on the phone just sounds like Bane.
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HelpfulGiraffe 5 months ago
As in what is the biggest blocker to BTC adoption as a medium of exchange. The way I see it is a chicken and egg situation. Without consumers with BTC there won’t be merchants and without merchants accepting BTC there won’t be consumers
Nah, its a generational problem. The merchants are mostly older than us. Also the previous two-ish generations allowed corporations to take over the government, so there are far fewer merchants than there should be. But that's just about run its course. The debt is parabolic. The dam's about to burst, and if we do this bitcoin project right, small merchants will spring up everywhere as the big corporations shut down - which they will. There's a growing number of merchants right here only accepting btc. Or giving discounts to discourage the hassle that fiat entails. That's going to accelerate. Its already accelerating. The only threat I see is Bitcoin Core and their trying to reduce fees for spam. That's a credible threat and has to be stopped. But even if they ruin bitcoin, they can't ruin it irrevocably. Pruned nodes are a thing. But we have to stop the bleeding, or its pointless.
I am not the laserass originator lololol just to be clear. If you search the hashtag and scroll all the way down, you'll see the very first post. (NSFW!) I believe she's left now tho(?)
I just. Simply look at a profile and see how many posts. And how many replies. Over 5:1 is very respectable. I generally will only follow people who engage like this.
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