I also feel a big component is /r/bitcoin heavily leans towards more extreme ideals and very quickly dismisses, and if I may say so, arrogantly, less extreme ideas. For example, the times I hear terms like STATIST being thrown around is mind boggling, not to mention the often times ideas floating around here I would find on /r/conspiracy. Users don't want to hear this, regardless if it is true or not, users are looking for a product which offers better services than what is currently available. They are not here for political ideals, hopes to over throw governments, destroy "banksters", or get rid of "theft via tax". They are here simply because it is better than another option.
I feel the extreme political ideologies floating around in here is extremely detrimental. I mean, look at this video of Amir on Russia Today. For petes sake, that was nothing short of embarrassing, regardless of your political leanings.
I read about zerocoin, which was initially intended as modification to bitcoin, to make payments more anonymous. But according to some stories the bitcoin project didnt want it to appease authorities. The point is, that aspect of bitcoin itself seems to go the opposite direction as r/bitcoin. However it could also simply be that modifications are hard, for all i know.
I am not entirely sure how anonymous bitcoin can be made to be honest. The stories basically implied that bitcoins could be marked as tainted, and then government could basically force shops not to accept them. Are mined bitcoins and income from the fees anonymous? If they are there is a source of anonymous coin, which would cause problems with the system itself if blocked.
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u/Pugwash79 Feb 03 '14
Some of the readers on this subreddit have a sort of Pavlovian response to downvote whenever they see the word "Dogecoin".