What I found was that nobody knew what the hell they were talking about.
In fact, I knew far more than they did thanks to my studies in economics.
That's when I got on Twitter and wrote this article:
https://sym.re/MKKCHAR
Post by twetch#622
That article directly addressed the complete and utter stupidity of the BTC approach at the time, and gave a framework to understand why fees acted as they did at the time.
It was my first direct investment in educating others about how this stuff works.
What the chain says
- Block
- 623 792
- Time
- 2020-02-26T20:42:45Z
- Signer
- 1Eyk15KEeYX9JwH8e98pqpX3kTUuY9d43C
- App
- twetch
- Type
- post
- Content type
- text/plain
- Name in tx
- twetch#622
Fields the transaction did not carry are omitted. Open the payload to see the bytes as stored.
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For a long time, I suffered from imposter syndrome. I was an enthusiast, I studied economics for fun, etc. Who the hell am I to tell others how all of this works?
I used that as fuel to educate myself further, more deeply.
Eventually, I realized that I was one of the few people I'd ever encountered who had the right background knowledge and methodology to understand Bitcoin on a deep level, at least where the economics were concerned.
This isn't a boast, or to say I totally get Bitcoin. I still learn something new every day. Part of this was that I hadn't yet encountered those who were also capable of this. Now, I feel I'm in far better company.
For a time, I thought that I was in enough company, and that I could halt my public efforts.
See, I don't like being "popular," or being an "influencer" (not that I am either.) I don't want a ton of attention on me.
So, I got off Twitter for a bit.
I felt at one point that I was in enough company that I could step back and focus on myself, to get a little wiser, etc. and I wrote this article then went private on Twitter: https://www.yours.org/content/a-reflection-044c7e73f6d7
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