I think the fanaticism is certainly off putting to many people. I've had good interactions with people who were initially hostile to bitcoin simply by presenting a more open minded but still firm case for why I like bitcoin: https://stacker.news/items/998456

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I really enjoyed this glimpse into the Hacker News perception of Bitcoin and the linked article.

I don't really find the article compelling -- IG seems to me that such arguments usually assume a much more static system than is the case. A 51% attack takes time. It is not clear to me how the field would change as the awareness of the attack grew.

From the perspective of this yellow site, I suspect many of the people on the orange site would be shocked at how fanatical we are. Sort of like you show up somewhere expecting a cocktail party and it turns out they are all seriously committed D&Ders in full costume. A paradigm shift is required to understand how bitcoiners will react.

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I really enjoyed this glimpse into the Hacker News perception of Bitcoin and the linked article. 

I don't really find the article compelling -- IG seems to me that such arguments usually assume a much more static system than is the case. A 51% attack takes time. It is not clear to me how the field would change as the awareness of the attack grew. 

From the perspective of this yellow site, I suspect many of the people on the orange site would be shocked at how fanatical we are. Sort of like you show up somewhere expecting a cocktail party and it turns out they are all seriously committed D&Ders in full costume. A paradigm shift is required to understand how bitcoiners will react.  