154 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 7 Aug \ on: New to Bitcoin & meetups. Seeking advice for a unique "dilemma" bitcoin
Dennis is a controversial figure in the Bitcoin community. On one hand he gets a lot of credit for being involved in advocating for Bitcoin politically but on the other hand he gets a lot of flak for being a bit of a snake oil salesman. He may have changed his approach a bit but he used to make a lot of grandiose proclamations based off of nothing.
Maybe the boy who cried wolf is a better description than snake oil salesman.
That's fair. I have definitely noticed people's opinions of him are polarized.
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I think he has been more measured since starting the SatoshiAct fund.
The best way I can describe the activity he gets flak for is akin to those sports influencers online that are always making unfounded claims of players getting traded or signing with a new team etc that have little to no truth to them but are designed to farm engagement. I think some of the bitcoin community sees Dennis that way. He would be the guy that would tell you he had sources saying Argentina is going to make Bitcoin legal tender because Bukele and Milei had a meeting. That kind of stuff.