Les Greys
@les
Found this “rant” to be very inspiring by @jessepollak . Has all the right points, I started skeptic, grew in belief, then landed with f-yeah, let’s get it. I now believe the issue is that we are calling it “coin” and people’s biases are quickly called up because money in society is such a taboo thing, not realizing how we speak of things is so closely tied to our relationship with money. Jesse, my small thought may be that you are 99% correct in your target and 1% off in your words. Maybe we need to replace “coin” with something more aligned in cultural relevance. idk the answer, but I think that really may be the problem. https://x.com/based16z/status/1913272563142373622?s=46
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Ashwinikumar
@ashwini
Don't you think the word coin makes it more generic and helps onboard faster as it's more relevant to masses which is the billions to be onboarded mission by jessee and base?
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Les Greys
@les
to add to my previous thought. people will feel less pulled into onboarding when words that cause tension are deeply ingrained into the onboarding flow. I think coin in moder day definition, and cultural atache of blockchain is very dumbed down and generic, but to the outside world where the billions we are wishing to onboard live. Coin is not dumbed down, it's super complex because it requires the level of understanding that a blockchain exist, that people and onchain wallets exist, and that you collect things to show proof of ownership. This pattern of behavior exist in an entirely diferent planet than the millions of people, or billions, base is trying to onboard that don't even have wallets or know anything except that bitcoin is something happening somewhere.
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Les Greys
@les
no. i think coin immediately surfaces ideology of money. go ask the next person you talk to "how many coins do you have?" or "what coins do you own?" or "how much money do you have?" or any question that closely relates to the word money. There isn't a place in the world that I have visited, been to 4 continents, where I can easily ask someone anything about money.
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