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1100 sats \ 1 reply \ @jgbtc 23 Nov \ on: BITCOIN CORE'S LOSS OF FOCUS bitcoin
He might be right, but without user demand we run the risk of bitcoin getting bloated with dev pet projects and features for hypothetical future scenarios that may not come to pass. He needs to trust that users will value self custody when the time comes instead of assuming the opposite. At the moment most people can self custody if they care to do so where is the need to rush things? Let's lower our time preference and keep talking about it for now.
Why don't people 'self-custody' now?
The altcoiners still exist and typical demand for blockspace (without runes) is around 2-3 sats/vb. To me that implies more 'education' is needed... not necessarily more features.
People aren't 'not choosing' to use Bitcoin because they have decided that 'opening a lightning channel' is 'too expensive' (as they spend 5$ on a Starbucks coffee).
They aren't using Bitcoin (hence the real monetary fees being low) specifically because they don't know about it.
Or they have been brainwashed by disinformation from the news... or they haven't been educated or caught on through intellectual curiosity.
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