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Lyn Alden · 110w
It’s true. The biggest impediment to understanding bitcoin is not intelligence. It’s ego. You have to re-assess something you previously dismissed. You have to buy in late compared to what you co...
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Not a fair assessment: scammers always want you to reassess. "Maybe he's Satoshi this time!"

After getting flooded by waves of bullshit in the form of altcoins, I chose not to waste my time. Maybe I missed some genuine innovations, but I also saved a lot of time and sanity.

With such a white-hot scamfrenzy, many of these people's introduction to "Bitcoin" was probably someone pushing an affinity scam.

That's a big barrier to overcome, no ego required.
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