*I think the silver lining is most people think through a consensus filter, they have no principles or understanding beyond their own survival, so run with the herd.
Bitcoiners being multi-disciplinary are an intransigent herd, they don't break off into other herds even if those other herds are bigger. Their numbers are therefore a one-way-ratchet, and the size of that herd compounds on itself... eventually attracting people on scale alone.*
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