I would say I am barely competent on the technical aspects of Bitcoin but I am proficient on understanding the monetary side of things. Only 6.5 years to get to this point. Haha.
100% agreed with the first. Too many people just want to argue on Twitter. Too few people actually want to learn basics of cryptography (and math here).
Having opinions and soft skills is easy. Lack of a minimum of hard skills is a good indicator for disregarding irrelevant normies.
I think this quote was not meant super serious.
However, I think it has some truth to it which can be applied everywhere:
For example, just by asking simple questions (what is the block size of bitcoin? how is the 21M limit enforced?) you can easily dismiss people who want to argue about bitcoin but don't know the answers to these questions.
I voted “Level 4: proficient”. Pretty solid understanding of the technical underpinnings, perhaps an expert in some subareas, advanced beginner or competent in some other areas. I know a bunch about some things, know where to look up some other things or who to ask, and yet still feel like there is always another thing I’m ignorant about in another aspect of the space.
Bitcoin is a bit too broad to have “deep tacit understanding” across all of it in only a bit over a decade. ;)
Bitcoin is too broad and touches too many topics. I think your poll should be more specific. Level of expertise in what topic regarding bitcoin? Tools and products in the space? How to use it? Core development? On chain? Lightning? Economics? Social aspects? Philosophy? Etc etc. You probably get what I mean.
That said, I voted advance beginner for myself. Bitcoin is so broad and each topic can go so deep that the more I learn about it, the more ignorant I feel…