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Question: Why is the book "The Bitcoin Standard" so effective at orange pilling?
291 sats \ 14 comments \ @Signal312 9h bitcoin
I think for me, it was the history of money, in all it's various forms. What happened when superior money was introduced, and how those who continued to use the inferior money lost out, over time.
Also the concept that money must be SCARCE, at least good money. And hard to produce. Considering that our fiat currency now is just printed, on paper, or generated by a few keystrokes digitally, this was a novel idea for me. But of course it makes so much sense.
Was the Bitcoin Standard a big part of your orange pilling?
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534 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan 8h
Was the Bitcoin Standard a big part of your orange pilling?
No, I found it simplified, unintelligent, and dumb. I was balls-deep in monetary history at the time, and the surface-level shit that Saif brought was less than impressive. (I was also mostly a sour/anti-Bitcoiner at the time, so maybe doesn't count for much.)
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14 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 7h
Oh, fascinating. I don't think I've ever heard your orange pilling story.
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 6h
I wrote a end-of-year deep dive for Bitcoin Magazine a few years ago about some of it
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/asset-bubbles-covid-19-make-bitcoin-case
hint, hint, I wrote up another, briefer take for BM in recent months and will throw it out there when it makes sense to do so
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56 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 8h
Was the Bitcoin Standard a big part of your orange pilling?
No, I was already relatively money literate having floated around in libertarian and anarchist communities as a young adult. I suspect money literacy is why it's effective. Though, I've never read it, and would prefer, all else being equal, to read more primary sources or hard money research from a scholar that is less bullish on bitcoin. (I want to be certain I'm not reasoning backwards from a conclusion.)
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan 8h
a young adult. you're still a young adult, sir... at least by the looks of it!
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14 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 7h
we were all once younger, sir :)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 7h
NOOOEEEEHS, it's a lie.
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64 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 8h
I'd like to see an education campaign focused on money literacy without explicitly mentioning any solution (e.g. bitcoin). We have many that reason backwards from bitcoin, and more than reason backwards from gold, but I'd love to see something like the first part of Broken Money done a million ways, in a million formats and languages, kind of like what Ray Dalio does.
If bitcoin is the best money, we don't need to tell people about bitcoin as much as we need to educate them about money and they will arrive at bitcoin on their own.
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34 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 7h
I really liked this video as a money primer for normies. It does briefly mention Bitcoin but isn't explicitly pro bitcoin. You won't feel propagandized to when you watch this video.
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56 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 7h
Would recommend SNI, as the go to resource for proper orange pilling. Make sure to have them save it as a web app on their phone. Also donate some sats, they are doing great work, it’s a valuable resource if you do constant research in the ecosystem.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 6h
excellent suggestion
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 1h
I was orange pilled already, but Bitcoin Standard was the icing on the cake.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 6h
Yes TBS is a classic. The true worth of Bitcoin can only be understood by first understanding what money is and TBS enables the reader to do just this. How many people understand fiat money? IMO less than 2% of the general population and perhaps 20-30% of Bitcoiners.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @senf 8h
Was the Bitcoin Standard a big part of your orange pilling?
No, I've never read it.
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