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gimmick
Being the visionary Micon was, it does seem a bit silly that he was giving away literal millions promoting a site, he obviously had no stake in, just to rake in a few thousand a month.
Or he just happened to donkstrike his way to something worth something while trying to dodge DOJ. The dodging part didn't really work out.
But sure, about all the visionaries telling amazing tales of BTC, i'm kinda forgetting the ones pitching it as a Ponzi scheme that will see appreciation at times when there's just too much money floating around. You know like when the printers go brrrrrrrrrrrrr and every decent investment opportunity is already overappreciated. I missed that pitch.
Instead we got tall tales of everything that blockchain was supposed to do. To this day i can't think of anything it has done to increase the value of BTC. It's used to verify digital prints in the ETH network. And that's the problem, the underlying tech behind BTC isn't protected at all. If it's worth anything, it doesn't cost anything to adopt it.
You're actually smart and well thought out so.
In all seriousness I just give him credit because along the way he caught a lot of shit, but he always hung his hat in more ways then one on the Bitcoin lmao. Now was it an angle at times, to get some free scratch maybe. I wouldn't know but I wouldn't doubt along the way of course he maximized his own EV in some ways or another. But I think he deserves a little credit, whether he blew it all or not for being right about what Bitcoin would become that's all. And I don't care, I give him credit from the Contrarian Perspective more so then anything. When everyone said no no no, it now turns out he was right about Bitcoin. And regardless of how much, if any he has left id hope in some way shape or form his Bitcoin has in some way or another benefitted him and his family now. With him you cant really say, even if you disagree with his veiw points. He was never a bad guy, or a scammer, he was good for some lol's. And came along and made a deep run in the Main at the right time and it turned out good for him or so you hope now 20 years later.
I'm certain and i'll get lots of angst over this belief but. Its the United States Government as far as im concerned. That does check all the boxes. Even it's Timing tells a story. The white paper was published in the Middle of the Worst Economic Collapse, since the Great Depression. And voila the white paper is created published. And by someone who now, literally covered every single track never to be heard from again. lol if you think this is some human it's not. Its The Goverment......