I had high hopes for the merit system at first. I really thought it could bring back some of the people that used to be here. Or at least the same type of people. Then as I was looking at the people asking for merit or at least trying to post decently I realized this forum is for non English speaking altcoiners now. I couldn’t give a shit about altcoins. I’ve essentially given up on this ever being a bitcoin forum again.
We should not be living in the past anyhow, right? I mean the space is going to evolve with the passage of time and the introduction of new products that contribute to the dynamics of the space.
Of course, if bitcoin ends up being the sound money that the fat protocol theorists believe it to be, then of course, bitcoin is going to become the one dominant money.
I am of the current opinion that even if the fat protocol thesis of bitcoin as the soundest of monies is true, it could take more than 50 years to work out such dynamics - and even in a better case scenario, we would not likely get to a real bitcoin as the winner of them all for at least 20 years, even if things really worked out for bitcoin in a near to perfect way.
In other words, in the short to medium term, we are going to continue to have shit coins, snake oil and scam projects, and certainly there is no shortage of dumb money that causes a 50 year scenario to be more reasonable than even anything close to 20 years.
So in the meantime, why would we be wishing for a forum that does not reflect the reality of the situation - which is an abundance of trolls, shills and dumb money pumpers. I am not saying that they should not be criticized or called out on their bullshit, but none of us can really wish them away because that just seems unrealistic - and perhaps "pie in the sky" to quote PoolMinor quoting me.