The problem is that people like McAfee and Jihan and Roger, they should be promoting this BIG TIME, all over the place... but we don't see none of that at all. I have been following this thread a long while now, I really think BCH is much better than BTC at this point, from the technical point of view but will people realize this? Jihan and Roger are not doing much advertising about benefits of BCH from what I can see. You know the old saying, "Out of sight, out of mind." and this is what scares me.
They are happy to have non-believers discard their BCH because it means they can further increase their holdings. I think they understand the average Bitcoiner's psychology and have played it to their advantage. Most are incapable of comprehending how a coin with a different ticker than the traditional BTC can be viewed as the legitimate chain. This is a trivial aspect as far as the code and underlying economics are concerned but a huge psychological wedge for accumulating market share.
I truly believe the people who can rationally understand this split are vastly outnumbered by people who are unable or unwilling to broaden their perspective. There are a ton of new BTC maximalists expecting each new high of btc's price to be the last opportunity to buy at a price that will eventually be considered far too low. There are some wacky ideas out there, a lot of people who want to get rich quick without much thought involved. There are a ludicrous number of people who's plan can essentially be boiled down to "I saw Bitcoin hit an all time high and a few notable people like snapchat's ceo said it could go to a million dollars so I bought one and will hold until I can retire." That's all well and good that they get involved and have a dream but the rationale and time window they put on this occurring is typically irrational and naive as far as I am concerned. Among.... other things...
