Well the fact itself that I hear someone call other normies in a derogatory way is probably the reason itself why most people would never use Bitcoin. The majority of the population wants to feel part...
Bitcoin's history constitutes its network effect, but its language and rules constitute its protocol. TCP/IP, for example, was invented in the 70s, and was built upon for decades to become the protocol stack for the modern internet.
Were more efficient protocols proposed since then? Sure. But none were powerful enough improvements to convince the majority of builders and investors away from TCP/IP. Instead, we built upon the "good enough" protocol in a backward-compatible way.
Nowadays I don't hear many people say that we need new versions of TCP/IP, or that the early adopters were too rude. It's because of the toxic conviction of those early adopters that we have a generally accepted standard for digital communication in the first place.
Were more efficient protocols proposed since then? Sure. But none were powerful enough improvements to convince the majority of builders and investors away from TCP/IP. Instead, we built upon the "good enough" protocol in a backward-compatible way.
Nowadays I don't hear many people say that we need new versions of TCP/IP, or that the early adopters were too rude. It's because of the toxic conviction of those early adopters that we have a generally accepted standard for digital communication in the first place.
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