Quote from: Bit_Happy on Today at 04:04:57 PM

The reputation of the community and the ecosystem is very damaged. You have noticed that correct?

Quote from: decodx on May 18, 2024, 07:19:51 PM

Quote from: Bit_Happy on May 18, 2024, 05:48:04 PM

The BTC ecosystem/reputation obviously needs repairs, do you have an opinion on how/what to do ASAP?

I don't really agree with what you're saying here. I'm not convinced Bitcoins reputation actually needs any "repairs" or anything - I mean, on what grounds are you saying that's obvious it does?

Seems to me its reputation as a secure way to store value is still pretty solid. Sure, there's stuff like scalability that's tricky to figure out. But the basic ideas behind it are still good. Going on about repairing its reputation doesn't seem that productive really. Scams are still way more common with fiat money than with Bitcoin.

On the contrary. I noticed how some bad actors give the whole thing a bad name. But, the reputation of the Bitcoin ecosystem has always been under fire from folks who don't understand it or who benefit from the status quo. This isn't anything new. But seriously damaged reputation? Nah, not in my experience.

Especially with all the big institutional money flooding in lately, and even Bitcoin ETFs getting approved. That's actually changing some minds around here even among the biggest haters I know. So, I gotta ask, what kind of bad reputation are you even hearing about?