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325 sats \ 9 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Jan \ on: What's your Orange pill elevator pitch? 21 words or less. AskSN

"Bitcoin is a public ledger that no one controls, anyone can write to, and yet somehow everyone trusts. We've never had that before."

It works very well and i've used this on a lot of people.

30 sats \ 5 replies \ @Fabs 20 Jan

Meh. Boring.

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 21 Jan

Why, I never! Monetary economics is not boring

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 21 Jan

You know, until very recently I would have disagreed, but apparently I love that shit now.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs 21 Jan

I wouldn't be very convinced if I was a no coiner, luckily I'm not.

210 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 21 Jan

I've educated a lot of people this way about bitcoin. Though mostly 30-40 yr old men who may be more interested in such things

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 21 Jan

Hm, well then: Keep rollin'.

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 20 Jan

That's a pretty good one.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xIlmari 21 Jan

Using the word "ledger" in a casual conversation is a great way to turn off the other person. If I was ignorant of Bitcoin, my immediate question would be "why would I care about writing to a public book"?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 21 Jan

That's exactly the question you want them to ask.