Bitcoin twitter is riled up because a well-known podcaster admitted to not running their own node. I bet more 'notable bitcoiners' are guilty of this than most people think!
So here's a question: how long after acquiring your first bit of bitcoin did you set a node up? I bet only a select group of highly technical people went node->acquire BTC.
Still in the no-node group? Speak up, and let someone help you get one going! Claw back some sovereignty, join the revolution.
@htimsxela
It partlt depends on when you started. In 2011-2012 alternatives t bitcoind were nascent at best, and bitcoind was fairly easy to sync.
For me I went multibit, electrum and finally Core but mainly for coding.
@htimsxela
So prob 1.5 to 2 years .. first year I wasnt coding (on bitcoin, anyway) and wasnt using it as a wallet (not HD which is and was a big deal to me) so i didnt have enough motivation.
@waxwing @htimsxela i confess to finding his admission a little surprising, almost stunning, then remembered the two times i listened to his podcast (for sipa and jnewbery) that it had struck me at the time how little interest he seemed to have in the technical side of it... the most interesting moments were when he said less and let his guests go a little deeper into the subjects
@jon @waxwing @htimsxela tbh i have never understood why an amature like him is even regarded as an important voice. He’s just a journalist and thats good enough.
@jon @vbhide @htimsxela
Well I mean, it's marketing ... that's just one of many things in the world that are capable of generating quite a lot of money even if we don't see them as helpful really.
@vbhide @waxwing @htimsxela i suppose his follower/listener count is the source of importance, at least to conferences and advertisers (wish kraken would sponsor me to do bitcoin work...)