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Maybe my perspective is different because I spend bitcoin generally speaking, when and where I can. Maybe my perspective is different, but for all the bitcoin 'participants' out there you would think there would be more spending.
Just hodling bitcoin is not enough, especially when NgD because then what is the point if you don't know how to use the network to its full capabilities?
Hodl for the NgD and never spend... Why? Might as well buy AI stocks its all the same at that point.
My point is that convenience and security are tradeoffs... And while things have improved, for daily spending and use hot wallets are 'good enough' if people really go out and use them. A cold card only goes so far... You need access to interact with merchants, use lightning etc and no solution will be "perfect" for all cases its better really get there, learn about lightning and spend.
I still find bitcoin remarkable, most people agree that a lot of places are becoming 'less free' and here's a tool to use alongside Linux for example that puts taxpayer first.
Somehow that message gets watered down which it shouldnt, the bitcoin software/tools are more available than ever.
You make a case to which I am sympathetic. I've done a number of things in life where I tried to hold the purist line and I don't know that it made much difference.
For instance, I spent some years trying to help homeless people get into housing. At the same time, my wife's brother was a real estate developer. He helped to build a couple of apartment buildings in major cities. As I think about it now, I suspect he helped more people than I did.
The analogy doesn't carry exactly across here, but it helps me to think about things like Spark.
You are right here. Perhaps the current attitude in some Bitcoin circles that expresses frustration with MSTR or ETFs or Spark or trustodial solutions comes from seeing shitcoins grab so many people over the last decade. But it probably doesn't matter where it comes from: we still have to figure out how to promote useful Bitcoin products, because it does feel like we could lose what matters in Bitcoin if we promote too many crappy things.
I'm flip flopping around here because I'm not sure what the right response to your post is.