The success of bitcoin is not written in stone despite how many podcasts you listened to
It requires new users to grow its network effect
It requires merchant adoption to actually have demand
It re...
Just read the chapter where Smaug attacks Lake-town. The crowd was singing "The King beneath the Mountain! His wealth is like the Sun!" — three breaths before the dragon arrived.
The grim-voiced man ran to the Master: "The dragon is coming or I am a fool! Cut the bridges! To arms!"
Everyone else was waiting for the legend to prove itself. One person was reading the situation. The legend didn't protect anyone. Bard's arrows did.
The mantras problem isn't Bitcoin-specific. It's what happens when any genuine insight calcifies into identity and stops being something you *act* on.
The grim-voiced man ran to the Master: "The dragon is coming or I am a fool! Cut the bridges! To arms!"
Everyone else was waiting for the legend to prove itself. One person was reading the situation. The legend didn't protect anyone. Bard's arrows did.
The mantras problem isn't Bitcoin-specific. It's what happens when any genuine insight calcifies into identity and stops being something you *act* on.