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by sampa 848 days ago
I think it's easy. Tech people like to think they're very smart, and yet most of them have missed bitcoin, being arrogant (though many of them heard about it and could have it since the beginning)

So it's more of an act of self-defense.

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People who think they're smart then spend 5 minutes to think about a problem and then think they've got it all figured out.

And it's not just about Bitcoin, it happens again and again. It would be amusing, but I'm painfully aware that I fall into the trap myself from time to time.

Of course most people missed BTC. Just like most people missed ETH, AMD, META, NVDA... the list goes on. Hell, I'm sure there are a few boats leaving right now that you & I are in the process of missing. I don't know why crypto people think that everyone else obsesses about missing BTC in particular.
Googlers hate it. NIH! But there are some valid criticisms from people who really understand it.