1/6 Who are we BSV believers? What do we believe in?
1/6 Who are we BSV believers? What do we believe in?
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I remember when I first got excited about Bitcoin back in 2013. The technology was fascinating. Silk road was intriguing. The idea that governments could be subverted was inspiring!
yes 100%.
thats what got me interested in 2011ish.
BSV vision is what I always envisioned is the end game.
minus all the gov bootlicking rhetoric
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Now, many years later, why do I then follow BSV, and not BCH nor BTC?Tech aside, my opinion of silk road and the merits of governments have changed.As a rebellious, still developing, and relatively young man, I saw subversion of the establishment as...
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...fun, attractive, and in alignment with my humanistic ideal of the dream of improving life and reaching liberation for mankind.
Through life experiences, growth, the study of history and politics, and not the least through Craig, I've learned that...
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...fun, attractive, and in alignment with my humanistic ideal of the dream of improving life and reaching liberation for mankind.
Through life experiences, growth, the study of history and politics, and not the least through Craig, I've learned that...
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...subverting the government and its laws is not the seemingly obvious solution to freedom and happiness that I thought it was - despite being taught so by the anarchistic hippie generation before me, that even raised me.
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I remember when I first got excited about Bitcoin back in 2013. The technology was fascinating. Silk road was intriguing. The idea that governments could be subverted was inspiring!
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I see the merits of capitalism now. Of law. And the horrors of drugs. I see how mankind building on the experiences and wisdom of previous generations is better off than when attempting to repeat the old mistakes of...
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...reverting to simplistic and good-hearted, but naive and dangerous ideas.
This is why I now believe in BSV. Not because I no longer dream of freedom for mankind, but exactly because I still do.
It's the only way to survive I think. Bootlicking. Also, if governments are mostly benign, as here in Norway, it's not such a bad partner.
But I think that by making governments use _tracable_ bitcoin, they become less corrupt due to the open ledger. It's a great system to reduce crime and corruption, two great evils that hinder progress for mankind!