This is probably the most coherent, well thought out post I've read about Bitcoin in a long time. When I was in high school, to make an icon or a sprite, I had

This is probably the most coherent, well thought out post I've read about Bitcoin in a long time. When I was in high school, to make an icon or a sprite, I had to make what was called a shape table on the Apple II [1]. You had to use graph paper, then translate it to hex and then either use a series of POKE statements to stick it in memory or go into the 6502 monitor, sorta like the command line for entering assembler op codes [2]. Eventually, we got programs that did all of this grunt work for us. Bitcoin is just leaving the Apple II entering hex op codes by hand phase. Certainly some of the Lightning Network client are quite slick and a lot closer to mainstream fintech apps like Venmo and PayPal. Just for buying and selling Bitcoin, Cash App is great. There will be a point when all of the bells and whistles Bitcoin offers—n of m multisig, pre-signed transactions, the ability to use mixing services, etc. will be accessible to regular people. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_table [2]: http://www.easy68k.com/paulrsm/6502/MONREF.HTM http://www.easy68k.com/paulrsm/6502/MONREF.HTM