I was first exposed to Bitcoin in late 2013 when I moved to Bali. Ubud at that time had the 2nd largest number of Bitcoin ATMs in the world, behind San Francisco! At least that was what I read, and it seemed to hold up because there were indeed lots of them, and most taxis and restaurants were accepting BTC as payment. It was quite a scene.
Anywhoo thinking back on the early adopter OGs I hung out with there, I've concluded that many were early to BTC not because they were ultra-prescient tech/ economic wizards, but more because they were societal dropouts and rebel hippie types. I don't say that with condescension, it was just a theme I observed.
An alternative financial system and dreams of a pleb revolution are very attractive ideas to certain edgy personalities, and the traits that got some of these folks so excited about Bitcoin when nobody else was paying attention also seem to manifest some other odd duck beliefs and behaviors.
It appears to me that there is a loose correlation between how early someone adopted BTC to how likely they are to hold some extreme and rigid ideologies, and to have a strong track record of wildly incorrect predictions.
There are plenty of exceptions to that generalization, and it makes the exceptions even more impressive. Some folks truly just "got it" and still very much get it.
It's just an interesting thing to think about, that to be a true OG in Bitcoin it required some blend of foresight, intelligence, naïveté, and weirdness - and many OG's are so heavy on a few of those measures that maybe best not to take them on as one's guru.
I was first exposed to Bitcoin in late 2013 when I moved to Bali. Ubud at that time had the 2nd largest number of Bitcoin ATMs in the world, behind San Francisco! At least that was what I read, and it seemed to hold up because there were indeed lots of them, and most taxis and restaurants were accepting BTC as payment. It was quite a scene.
Anywhoo thinking back on the early adopter OGs I hung out with there, I've concluded that many were early to BTC not because they were ultra-prescient tech/ economic wizards, but more because they were societal dropouts and rebel hippie types. I don't say that with condescension, it was just a theme I observed.
An alternative financial system and dreams of a pleb revolution are very attractive ideas to certain edgy personalities, and the traits that got some of these folks so excited about Bitcoin when nobody else was paying attention also seem to manifest some other odd duck beliefs and behaviors.
It appears to me that there is a loose correlation between how early someone adopted BTC to how likely they are to hold some extreme and rigid ideologies, and to have a strong track record of wildly incorrect predictions.
There are plenty of exceptions to that generalization, and it makes the exceptions even more impressive. Some folks truly just "got it" and still very much get it.
It's just an interesting thing to think about, that to be a true OG in Bitcoin it required some blend of foresight, intelligence, naïveté, and weirdness - and many OG's are so heavy on a few of those measures that maybe best not to take them on as one's guru.