Tier 2: Early Adopter / Defender
Understands fixed supply, halving, and fiat debasement.
Uses hardware wallets or seed phrases.
Recognizes Bitcoin as a savings technology.
Actively rejects most altcoins.
Begins understanding time preference and sovereign principles.
Learns through Bitcoin-native sources.
Recognizes the risk of custodians and exchanges.
Can articulate why Bitcoin is different.
Seeks resilience and financial independence.
Defensive posture toward personal sovereignty emerges.
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Tier 3: Protocol-Level Thinker
Understands consensus, mining incentives, UTXO model.
Runs a full node and values validation over trust.
Studies mempool, Lightning Network, soft forks, and governance dynamics.
Aware of systemic threats (51% attacks, censorship vectors, government capture).
Integrates Bitcoin into long-term planning and survival strategy.
Views Layer 1 ossification as a feature, not a bug.
Engages in adversarial thinking.
Helps others exit legacy systems.
Understands geopolitical implications of hard money.
Operates with high technical and philosophical precision.