guess what, satoshi made some prescient decisions designing bitcoin, with such level of complexity, that you in 2022 still don't understand them. to be fair, the (briefly) richest person in the world doesn't either.
I just started studying the topic. I also don't know how to do brain surgery, but I'm confident with enough schooling and study I could do it. With Bitcoin I don't need satoshi level understanding, I just need to know enough to either make a little money or avoid it altogether, kind of like I don't need to be a master chef to enjoy a great meal. I just need to know enough about cuisine and my likes to pick out a nice restaurant.
I don't know how much Elon understands it. That's what I am trying to determine. The feedback on HN is he doesn't. I'm checking that against other sources.
> I just need to know enough to either make a little money or avoid it altogether
fundamental value doesn't matter for short term speculative trading. if you're coming at it from this angle - chance that you'll learn anything about fundamental value of bitcoin is quite low.
> fundamental value doesn't matter for short term speculative trading
Agreed, but gambling is not my gig. I don't live that far from Las Vegas if I so prefer. I think smart contracts are interesting because I'm a programmer. Someone once wrote that Bitcoin also has executable code so that's on my list to investigate. It's something to do in retirement. I wish Elon Musk well, but he's only human, so I don't expect him to have investigated in depth every thing he talks about. He forms half-assed opinions just like the rest of us.
> I just need to know enough to either make a little money or avoid it altogether
> gambling is not my gig
i find it hard to reconcile the two?
> Someone once wrote that Bitcoin also has executable code so that's on my list to investigate.
yes, bitcoin doesn't even have a way to do payment without going through bitcoin script.
it's all in active development. there are more convenient languages that compile into bitcoin script, like miniscript and sapio. and finally there's rootstock project that allows running ethereum contracts directly on double-pegged bitcoin sidechain.
> I wish Elon Musk well, but he's only human
s/only/the richest (briefly)/
a wise man one said - with great power comes great responsibility. elon seems to enjoy shittalking and flip-flopping on topic of various cryptocurrencies that it's crossed (for me) the threshold of market manipulation for personal gain.
