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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @tim_niemeyer_ OP 23 Jul \ parent \ on: Tim Niemeyer here! President of IBC, author of History Echoes Bitcoin, etc. AMA! AMA
I have a very rough draft in my head. It's about energy but not merely scientific; I'd write about how energy can be perceived in many different ways. For example, language or "words as watts" or "karma as a ledger." Granted, it's more esoteric, but the intended audience would be more normies from different walks of life.
Honestly, I was four years into the Air Force. My thought was "either do 4 or 20 (retirement)." I had a feeling my skillset suited being a teacher. The overriding thought was that I wasn't pleased with public education, and I could either talk shit about it or do something. Man in the arena, so to speak...
Well put! And to that point, the thing about history is our lives will be but a mere speck or footnote in history. We might get some things right but other parts won't get righted for future generations. I truly believe Bitcoin is a step change better than any other monetary network ever. Maybe the layer 2 discussion will be solved by a future generation...
Agreed, but I'd say the relevance of gold is more historical than cultural; humanity was trying to express the properties Bitcoin embodies (i.e., scarcity, immutability, etc) with the tools and resources they had at their time in history; they were doing the best they could with what they had.
I feel I did ya dirty, @k00b, by not directly answering. Do you have a preferred favorite property?
Tbh, decentralization is what really brought me to Bitcoin.
What are your thoughts on this, @justin_shocknet?
If fiat is gold's legacy, LN and other layered solutions (which embody Bitcoin's properties) will be Bitcoin's legacy.
Not a super sexy answer, but...
Great question. History is created by individuals first and foremost. Individual action leads to growth and change. I believe that Bitcoin allows for a greater expression of "think globally, act locally."
We at the IBC (illinoisbitcoincouncil.org) are focused on three pillars - education, advocacy, and collaboration). We're in the process of partnering with an inner-city alternative school serving underprivledged students by sharing a financial literacy & Bitcoin education curriculum (h/t - Mi Primer Bitcoin). We're meeting with state legislators sharing the lessons we've learned about the benefits of Bitcoin. We're also collaborating with Illinois retailers and merchants to bring Lightning Network solutions to them.
To answer your question, we're helping further the proliferation of Bitcoin's protocls with each of our pillars. Spreading the good word, so to speak.
Absolutely...
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...to name a few.
In the spirit of X, I'd also consider making Nostr the "everything" app. Services anymore are just a software solution away. Build all the perks of the other apps you like into Nostr, and they will come...
Gamify TF out of it. "Kids these days," if I may put on my old man hat, need the dopamine dump to which they've grown accustomed. Badges, rewards, shiny things, etc. lol
Shout out to Daniel Hershberger for Bitcoin Is Better. He does a good job of simplifying Bitcoin's value proposition for the working class.
In the book, I give multiple episodes, or vignettes, throughout history showing how each individual property has been yearned or fought over. After doing this for each property, Bitcoin's fit in history's bigger picture becomes more apparent. While I do describe some of Bitcoin's technicals, it's more about "why" the properties are valuable in and of themselves as opposed to the "how".
That's a tough one. I'll skirt answering your question by saying no one property is the most important; it's the interconnection of all properties that is the special sauce so to speak. Scarcity doesn't mean as much without decentralization or immutability for example.
Great question! I hope people will zoom out and see that Bitcoin's properties have been sought after by society throughout history and that Bitcoin is a logical progresion of society to incorporate all those properties into one protocol.