Quote from: gmaxwell on January 03, 2020, 04:48:41 PM

Now-- if you want to argue that various threads aren't very effective and that the community could do better? I couldn't agree more.

So, I am taking the hint, and implementing a strategy upon these of my principles:

The most effective way of telling people what Bitcoin is not, is to start with a better positive statement of what Bitcoin is.

First principle: Say what you are, before you say what youre against. The positive is the reason for the negative, and not vice versa.

I am not anti-BSV as a cause: I am anti-BSV as an effect, because I am pro-Bitcoin. I love Bitcoin. I hate those who attack, steal, degrade, defile, and destroy that which I love. Therefore, I am anti-BSV.

That is the principle of the matter; and peoples reactions will be consistent with that principle. If some member of the public who knows nothing about these issues just sees you making accusations against Craig Wright, then no matter how many facts you have on your side, he may feel that you are just yelling. It perversely makes criminals look like victims; well, who knows, maybe you are just jealous of Dr. Wright. But if you first explain that you are passionate about something that will make the world a better place, and then you shout from the rooftops that Craig Wright is lying scammer who is trying to hijack and wreck a good thing by literally stealing the identity of its creator, then people will understand why you are angry. And they should thus understand why they should be angry, too.

I am only one obscure thinker. All I can do is to urge others to action, share ideas, and, I should hope, inspire everybody to come together in an organized effort with a positive direction. ...the community could do better? Yes, I think so; and I am acting on that, with the vision that others will stand with me, act with me, and come together as a community to take a stand herethen, organizing here, expanding the campaign to other forums, to social media, to IRL scenarios in business, in investing, at technical conferences, in everyday lifeif necessary, in courtroomsin every venue, on every potential battleground where this issue may arise. Not only as a reaction to Craig Wright: As a positive Bitcoin culture, a culture that can be shared even by people who agree on nothing except Bitcoin, a culture that can draw people together to defend Bitcoin from any threat, anywhere, anytime in the future.

It is already beginning to work. Within the past 24 hours, the Bitcoin SV account on this forum stopped acting like a garden-variety scammer, and started acting completely insane. People of low character know what is dangerous to them, and it frightens them into lashing out wildly. But of course, for my part, I am only one individual taking a few tiny steps toward a huge goal. This effort needs everybody who cares about Bitcoin.

That is my vision: A Nullian Vision. And I daresay, it is consistent with Satoshis vision for Bitcointhe vision implicit in Bitcoins design, and not the sick travesty of a vision kludged together from twisted words, out-of-context quotes, and wholly made-up nonsense by a two-bit scammer dolled up in an ill-fit suit who doesnt even know anything about cryptography.

I want to reply to some of the thoughtful discussion here. I have not forgotten, and Ill be back here. The same applies in some other threads, and Im sorry to say, sometimes for response to PMs. For one individual, those few tiny steps require considerable thought and preparation behind the scenes.

For the record, the Bitcoin social phenomenon post was in some form first intended by me in December of 2017. I think of it as my Bitcoin manifesto, or at least a part of it. Its implementation has been much altered by its use now; no, it is not my usual style, and yes, its style is fully intentional. Some of my actions in the future will similarly be adaptations of things that were already in my pipeline, as I alluded upthread.

My thanks to DooMAD for starting the discussion here, and to gmaxwell for giving me the wake-up call. This will be remembered as the classic forum thread that sparked a new Bitcoin community effort. ...the community could do better? Those were the right words at the right time.