For sure, we likely could have graphs that go back to 2011 or so to reflect "who's talking about bitcoin"

and we could also have graph's going back to a similar timeframe to compare and contrast egg prices in regards to dollars and in regards to bitcoin.

It can be a bit more difficult to sort the signal and the noise when the time frames are so short (even if approaching 2 years - or -  18 months in the graphs in that Fred-Blog article).

What's the point that we might be trying to make?  Even govt wonks (or is it quants) are getting more into talking about bitcoin and using bitcoin as their frame of reference?  Or do we want to talk about how the egg price changes look relative to the dollar?  relative to bitcoin?


Fuck off with any of those implied assertions that: 1) something is wrong with bitcoin, 2) bitcoin is not sufficiently being adopted (or fast enough), 3) people need to spend their bitcoin in order for bitcoin to  be valuable... 4) if people do not spend their bitcoin, then bitcoin is not going to survive (or have enough utility) 5) we need to do something quickly in regards to being able to spend bitcoin, otherwise the competition is going to eat bitcoin's lunch...

People can do whatever the fuck they want with their bitcoin, and surely there are some disincentives to spend bitcoin anyhow with some of the tax and accounting implications.. and even some of the possible tracking issues (KYC or whatever you want to call it), and if we might sometimes use the expression that normies are going to "get bitcoin" at the price they deserve.. we might also suggest that HODLers are going to choose to shave off some of their corns (aka precious lil) at the time and place of their own choosing... so stop trying to suggest that I have some kind of obligation to spend my corns for the mere sake of it... If you want me to spend some of my corns, then make me an offer for them. What you selling?  Is it worth it to sell corn or might you be taking dollars also?  Is there a price difference?  Do you even know my own situation?  I might not mind spending some of my corns, but if there are options to spend in various ways, then I am going to spend that other less valuable crapola first... if I have any of it...

Of course, on the other hand, if I ONLY have corns, then I don't mind taking an inferior deal in order to get whatever product that you might be offering to part with some or all of my lil precious, but surely I would consider that those who might have put their lil selfies in a position of 100% corn, have put their lil selfies into a pickle in which they do not have very many options, and part of any BTC HODLing strategy should involve figuring out how to manage some of the value allocations of value (which would likely include other kinds of assets and currencies) in order that the bitcoin that is held provides more options rather than fewer options.  In other words, ideally, hodling bitcoin should be putting the HODLer into a position of having more rather than fewer options.