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It seems to me less that the "rhetoric" has changed, than that the set of people who use bitcoin has simply greatly expanded to individuals with increasingly le
by beaner 12y ago
It seems to me less that the "rhetoric" has changed, than that the set of people who use bitcoin has simply greatly expanded to individuals with increasingly less revolutionary ways of interpreting the currency. The people in it from 3 years ago still have the same beliefs. The people in it from 3 months ago are digging it because it's more popular among their colleagues, and they have to justify it somehow. "Lower fees" is the only thing they can come up with.
- nmrm 12y agoThat's an interesting hypothesis about why the dominant rhetoric has changed. I think another one is that people are starting to use bitcoin for real-world use cases, and finding and addressing specific pain-points is far more likely to generate revenue than trying to convince others of your take on monetary policy.