It's a realistic perspective but a bit cynical, no?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like your wishful thinking was to aspire that the common man would care about all the principles that bitcoin engenders and then adoption would follow that way. So a mass bottom-up shift. But is that path necessary?
E2E encryption was one of the ultimate cypherpunks goals and, finally after 30 years, it's widely available. Are there issues with the implementation for most users? Sure, and most people don't care (until they do). But it's there for most people and gives them more freedom and privacy than if it hadn't come about.
I don't see the incentives as so different for bitcoin so I'm not ready to write it off. It is disheartening to see glacial adoption though.
meduzot
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2026-08-12 11:44:51 UTC
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