<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><author_name>buckyfonds (npub1x9…p6rta)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.ae/npub1x9hghmfunry8wcgg8s8w5e3drmkndw92r8qu0cp2l28u32aqqn9q6p6rta</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.ae</provider_url><html>Basically a TL;DR on how Bitcoin got captured.&#xA;&#xA;We got to the point where the Bitcoin community cannot widely agree on what Bitcoin is — is it money, is it arbitrary data storage, is it digital gold, a combination, something else.&#xA;&#xA;Contrary to popular belief, Bitcoin is not &#34;inevitable&#34; and &#34;invincible&#34;, it&#39;s extremely fragile.&#xA;&#xA;Bitcoin’s survival and adoption depend on whether its most committed users can detect, coordinate, and counter inevitable policy, market, and social attacks.&#xA;&#xA;This of course doesn&#39;t work when Bitcoin&#39;s most committed users can&#39;t agree on what Bitcoin is.&#xA;&#xA;As I&#39;ve said many times - I am not particularly bullish on any community, but I&#39;d be more bullish on a community that has a single goal and some courage than a community that is pulling in ten different directions.&#xA;&#xA;So effectively, we have a pride of lions, but half of them got convinced that they are gorillas, switched to a vegetarian diet and died.&#xA;&#xA;Then the remaining lions got attacked by a different pride and got killed.&#xA;&#xA;The end.&#xA;&#xA;nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqvtw30knexxgwasss0qwafnz68hdx6u25xwpclsz4750ez46qpx2qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqs8848tsfyg7rac6h4859xfy5jh8cc5cc2xhcjqdkylt72fnm5nsdsguve7n </html></oembed>