Over the past year and a half, a vibrant circular economy has formed in Vancouver, BC.
There are now six regular meetup groups, from technical (Bitdevs), practical (Noderunners), to educational (BTCVAN), coffee and beers.
There are now over 80 places listed on BTCMap in the Fraser Valley, of which I'd say about 25 are the kind of places you could frequent everyday.
Five coffee shops, two breweries, three food trucks, two pubs, a sushi restaurant, a vietnamese noodle place, two kebap stands, a tattoo studio, a crepe stand, three convenience stores and even an El Salvadorian restaurant!
One important step we had to take to make this happen: Make some of the Bitcoin meetups Bitcoin-only. That means, you can only buy tickets and drinks with Bitcoin. No cash, no shitcoins, no card payments. If you don't have a wallet, there will be somebody to help you install one. If you don't have sats, you can typically buy them from somebody around you with cash or e-transfer.
We believe this approach can work anywhere, it just needs some community leaders to take the first step. And it can happen fast! Just 1.5 years ago, not a single place in Vancouver took sats.
(All zaps to this post go 100% to the Vancouver Bitdevs group to cover rental fees)
They don't. From their point of view segwit outputs are weird scripts that anyone can satisfy – anyone can spend outputs.
That's basically how all soft forks work: we tighten the rules on something that previously didn't really have rules. Eg my own soft fork, CheckLockTimeVerify, reused NOP3, which previously did nothing at all.
I've come to realize Elon understands human psychology at a high level. Most effective leaders have this quality about them. He also sees the impossible as possible, heard a story that revolved around Elons inner circle in the 2000’s making fun of him every time he came around talking about his electric car startup. Most people are afraid of humiliation, some embrace it as a badge of honor and a reason to keep going.
I share the instinct to do this, but you're right to consider dropping your support. We want to support bitcoin businesses through their early hiccups. We also don't want new bitcoiners having these kinds of experiences.
I'd say we should tolerate mistakes to the extent the business owns up to them and makes them right. Mistakes plus lack of accountability is a really bad combination.