#Bitcoin Q&A: We all started as critics

Since you've encountered numerous critics of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, who are the most well-reasoned and worthy of engagement? People who are intellectually honest and express a genuine desire to understand this technology. The most vocal supporters in Bitcoin usually started off as critics who were initially dismissive of it. Even Satoshi didn't know if it would work, and people who followed Satoshi told him / her / them that it wouldn't work. The technological flaws that critics usually fixate on are temporary issues (ex. fees, usability, price volatility) and not inherent problems in this dynamic evolving, competing ecosystem of designs. More often they will criticise it because it seems politically or even morally inconsistent with their worldview and they fear the implications. "This can't be!" And yet it is. "But you shouldn't!" And yet we did. Now what do we do about it?

This is part of a talk which took place at the Bitcoin Open Blockchain (BOB) community event on October 29th 2017 at the mHUB innovation center in Chicago, Illinois: https://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Open-B...

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