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Ademan 7 months ago
Unfortunately I don't have a prescription. From my vantage point the information has been adequately disseminated (thanks in part to Optech) and some contingent has failed to discover or understand it. If I *have to* offer some kind of idea, there could be an opportunity for educational content that's in the middle ground between bitcoin influencer and what optech does now (if you really want more work lol). I'd suspect 80-90% of Optech is readily understandable by most bitcoiners, but maybe that last 10-20% turns off the less technical audience? Maybe a more reasonable improvement would be to publish the recap on youtube either with chapters or split into separate videos by topic so that people who aren't subscribed or don't regularly listen to the recap can more easily discover, pick and choose parts of optech to consume? (I know the podcast already has topic timestamps so hopefully it's not much extra work) At minimum, saying "hey listen to this podcast and go to MM:SS" is a lot more friction than a youtube link that takes you directly to the timestamp. I guess my prescription there is to increase optech's reach so these people are better informed lol
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schmidty 7 months ago
I think Optech has done a great job of surfacing and summarizing "RTFM"-type content from from the mailing list, github, delving, etc. But two points on that: 1. There are communications/informations that Optech wouldnt typically cover that could still be valuable for a wider audience. In the OP_RETURN skirmish example: information around moderation policies, who are the moderators, what is a "BAN", etc. 2. As Bitcoin grows, the Optech content becomes less accessible or even reachable for the "average" Bitcoiner and Optech summary content itself becomes "RTFM" in need of translation for a wider audience. I agree with your thoughts, and am really just adding my $.02 on the "has been adequately disseminated" point.
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