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At what point are we no longer “Bitcoiners?”

274 sats \ 19 comments \ @atl 21 Mar bitcoin

We don’t label people as “fiat-ers” because fiat is the standard. So at what point does the label “bitcoiner” cease to exist? How many nation states need to adopt bitcoin before we are the majority? What percentage of people need to use bitcoin?

Personally I don’t see myself as a bitcoiner (what even IS a bitcoiner?). It’s just money to me. I like the coin. I don’t force bitcoin into conversations. If it comes up, I might say a thing or two. I just think that trying to force-pill people has never been the right approach. However I do enjoy engaging with you all simply because we think along the same lines. So how many of us need to align our thinking and our values to dethrone the ugly fiat?

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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @oliverweiss 21 Mar

According to some (e.g. @DarthCoin), you must live Bitcoin, go all in, to be called a bitcoiner. So most of us have never been bitcoiners. Strict definition but fair enough.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @harrr 21 Mar

Imagine using a permissionless system and believing that anybody can define how you can call yourself. Boggles the mind.

121 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 21 Mar

https://i.postimg.cc/k5WstKz0/vader-be-bitcoiner.jpg

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @satoshiplanet 21 Mar

https://m.stacker.news/22064

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 21 Mar

LOL I should do that. And the places that don't accept will get a choke force.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 22 Mar

Or making everyone fear you into accepting bitcoin. "LOOK OUT, DARTHCOIN IS ON THE LOOSE!"

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 22 Mar

You would be choking everyone and giving bitcoin a bad name lol

21 sats \ 7 replies \ @southside263 21 Mar

exactly. bitcoin is a tool that only small number use today.

We stop being the “weirdo / bitcoiner” when you don’t have to ask a merchant:

“do u accept bitcoin?”

that seems like a long while away still.

20 sats \ 6 replies \ @atl OP 21 Mar

when do I start spending my bitcoin? when merchants no longer accept fiat.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Satosora 22 Mar

I thought the point was never to actually spend bitcoin but to keep acquiring it? Spending useless fiat until it is completely broken?

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @atl OP 22 Mar

Who told you that?

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 22 Mar

It must have been someone with an iota of foresight?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @atl OP 22 Mar

Well I’m just not sure how I’d get my groceries if the grocery stores only accepted bitcoin.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 22 Mar

I think the point of having bitcoin is not to use it for everyday things. Its to use its store of value to bargain against. Does that make sense? I think everyone believes that you would be able to take small loans from the value of the bitcoin you own.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @atl OP 24 Mar

I see what you’re trying to say. I know we will all take advantage of borrowing against our stack. All I’m trying to get across is that a merchant may only accept bitcoin, therefore forcing me to pay with my bitcoin.

My first choice would be to borrow against my stack. If the merchant doesn’t accept any currency other than bitcoin, I either pay in bitcoin or find a different merchant. That’s all.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @co574 21 Mar

it is not about Bitcoin!

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Ge 21 Mar

Interesting post oh you mean your normal u can have intellectual conversations without getting mad or offended and use your words like an adult lol instead of being woke or a person obsessed with fiat I liked this post 👍

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @atl OP 21 Mar

Yeah some “bitcoiners” get their panties in a bunch when someone mentions yield or crypto. You end up pushing people away from what is really important because of how unstable you are. We are all ambassadors of bitcoin so act accordingly.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ge 21 Mar

I mean I get asked by crypto bros y I don't do crypto then I explain how it operates in the same economics as the dollar they aren't secure ran by a ceo and or company and they get upset hearing all that it's kinda crazy to see tbh