138 sats \ 8 replies \ @siggy47 OP 20 May \ parent \ on: Leaving My SN Bubble: Bitcoin Meetup At The Melville Deli bitcoin
I struggle with this so much. I find it very difficult to use a nym to someone in person. I described in the Saloon over the weekend how when I was sitting next to Peter McCormack at the bar at PubKey I introduced myself with my real name, then caught myself mid sentence. Peter said "Hah, you doxxed yourself!"
Well, I did the same thing Friday night. It seems like ridiculous dishonesty when meeting someone in person.
I know the risks. @nemo was a good one to talk to about this stuff. I also believe I'm not doing anything wrong, and that bitcoin will make the world a better place, so why should I be the one hiding?
I think @nemo was in a place with clear and present danger that might stem from having it known that you own btc, so I can at least understand how that would influence your attitude. But we're in the States, where that's not true; and there's a more foundational dissonance: either btc is for real, in which case everybody will own it and use it and all this secrecy is stupid, it would be like keeping the "secret" that you eat food and drink water; or else btc is a farce, in which case the problem will shortly take care of itself.