I'm not defending him. I literally said at least he's trying to make things more accessible. I don't necessarily agree with the change, just open to hearing ideas for making bitcoin more accessible.
We probably should change the name of the dollar because it has lost all meaning.
"On 2 April 1792, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton reported to Congress the precise amount of silver found in Spanish dollar coins in common use in the states. As a result, the United States dollar was defined[27] as a unit of pure silver weighing 371 4/16th grains (24.057 grams), or 416 grains of standard silver (standard silver being defined as 371.25/416 in silver, and balance in alloy).[28] It was specified that the "money of account" of the United States should be expressed in those same "dollars" or parts thereof. "
Last I checked $1 does not equal 24.057 grams, or 416 grains of standard silver. As of right now it is like $25.
My point by writing all this out is that we don't actually know the meaning behind things. And if it doesn't work we don't use it. Maybe the name is irrelevant.
I just don't understand the hostility to trying to make thing more accessible. If it is just because you don't like Jack and that he is an out of touch billionaire, alright fine. If it is dumb idea, OK. Then do you have a better idea to make things more accessible?
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Dollars have been renamed throughout time. It went from gold certificates to silver certificates to IOU federal reserve notes (fiat).
I don’t hate jack, I try not to hate anyone. I dislike what people say and or do not the person. I dislike when people try to change bitcoin. I dislike when a person who has had success thinks their opinions are more valuable than everyday peoples’.
There is no guarantee that rebranding sats to bitcoin would actually make a positive difference with bitcoin adoption. In my opinion it will create more confusion and further divide bitcoiners.
Sats the standard. Forever 21.
Setting aside the name change thing, because I personally don't find it to be a good idea. And I don't feel like wasting time on it since it seems we both agree it is not a great idea. The part of this conversation I am interested in is making things more accessible.
From what I understand Bitcoin has changed from the Block size wars and adding lightening to it and probably other things I don't understand.
What would you suggest to make Bitcoin more accessible to the very day person? Right now I personally feel like it is hard to explain and use. If using it in the day to day life were easy then I wouldn't have to explain it. And vice versa.
I actually the Jerk now. He's just proven that he was complicit in the censorship on Twitter. He's just proven he will say anything for money or because they have video of him with a 16 year old.
Hate.
And I never trusted that hippie from day 1
