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He'll never reliably convince technical people.

But I think more than anything, the stuff he does would convince him. Write what you know, you know?

Having a number of people thoroughly convinced seems to be a key to getting others who might otherwise know better to fail to apply their judgement.

And if its stupid but it works, it's not stupid. :-/



I think its more about, regardless of how smart he was, just the fact he tried, was enough for it to work due to odd mysterious circumstances perhaps.

I dont know tbh


There is nothing odd about the fact that most people don't validate claims they receive most of the time, particularly if there appears to be a lot of other people adopting that view.


That’s a good point I was just thinking that whoever was behind or still mostly in control of BTC might have just been happy and accepting of this guy walking into the space. But then maybe not. Interesting thought exercise for me Atleast thanks for the banter




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