juraj on Nostr: I've seen this worrying tendency (mostly among the Bitcoin community, but mainly ...
I've seen this worrying tendency (mostly among the Bitcoin community, but mainly because that's my crew) of overpromising and underdelivering. It reminds me of the ICO shitcoin craze of token for revolutionizing something completely and when you raise money, you don't have any incentive or will to actually deliver.
This is of course less worrying because they don't rise money from the public usually, but it's annoying nevertheless.
It's not only in technological projects. A "conference that will change your life", with all the same speakers saying all the same things as last year at a different conference. A hackathon that will improve the ecosystem, but mostly getting a bunch of people drunk. A second layer protocol on Bitcoin, that is not a second layer protocol (can't exit to L1) and it's not on Bitcoin (requires a fork -> Bitcoin is that one that is not forked yet).
I am not against having a clear vision and trying to achieve it. But all this "we are going to change the world today!" shows just how people don't understand how difficult it is to actually change or build things. I used to have a company with 100 employees and even changes within my own company (I had most "private keys" - control) took a long time.
Bitcoin and societal change is like a ship. You turn the wheel and you wait, wait, wait and the ship is not doing anything for a long time. If during waiting for the ship to turn, you change your mind and turn the wheel somewhere else, you are going the same way.
A lot of what is happening is inertia. It's not good or bad. What is annoying are people yelling their promises without understanding this reality.
They look at themselves like they are innovators. To me, they just have not experienced this yet.
This is of course less worrying because they don't rise money from the public usually, but it's annoying nevertheless.
It's not only in technological projects. A "conference that will change your life", with all the same speakers saying all the same things as last year at a different conference. A hackathon that will improve the ecosystem, but mostly getting a bunch of people drunk. A second layer protocol on Bitcoin, that is not a second layer protocol (can't exit to L1) and it's not on Bitcoin (requires a fork -> Bitcoin is that one that is not forked yet).
I am not against having a clear vision and trying to achieve it. But all this "we are going to change the world today!" shows just how people don't understand how difficult it is to actually change or build things. I used to have a company with 100 employees and even changes within my own company (I had most "private keys" - control) took a long time.
Bitcoin and societal change is like a ship. You turn the wheel and you wait, wait, wait and the ship is not doing anything for a long time. If during waiting for the ship to turn, you change your mind and turn the wheel somewhere else, you are going the same way.
A lot of what is happening is inertia. It's not good or bad. What is annoying are people yelling their promises without understanding this reality.
They look at themselves like they are innovators. To me, they just have not experienced this yet.