77 sats \ 9 replies \ @delta1 18 Jul \ parent \ on: bitnodes.io tor node count continues to fall bitcoin
smoothbrain take. many in authoritarian regimes need tor for privacy.
hey! thanks for your thoughtful reply. interestingly i don't ever remember what their specific arguments were, but as a young technologist with little understanding of the fiat system i was swayed by their "authority".
absolutely right about their negative reactionary nature towards bitcoin, i'm convinced most of those commenters make up /r/buttcoin.
thanks for the sympathies :) my coping mechanism is to convince myself i would have lost my keys or sold in a previous run. now that i understand it far better those 2 things are far less likely to happen! we are definitely still early, but everyone must learn that from first principles in their own time right.
we all get bitcoin at the price we deserve
never read the comments. HN put me off Bitcoin in 2011 which is obviously a huge regret. i could have started my proof of work much sooner by being more curious, instead of influenced by salty commenters.
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