 Jason asked what is the most significant thing you've changed your mind on with respect to crypto currencies in the last five years? You know, that's a that's a very interesting question Jason, and I was I was kind of digging in my memory and trying to remember Various things that I might have changed my mind on I think first of all I Try not to take firm positions with certainty on issues regarding cryptocurrency or make predictions about the future with Absolute certainty. I think absolute certainty is Is the behavior of a fool really especially in a technology like this that is moving so fast and where changes are Happening in in highly unanticipated ways. I think it takes a lot of How do I put this? You have to be quite selfish to believe that or quite arrogant to believe that you can make firm predictions or have opinions with certainty in an area that is so vast and complex So I try to be flexible I try to realize that there's more that I don't know about this space than I do know and I'm always willing to change my mind and I've often been wrong about things. I Thought that fees were going to be Low or near free forever I didn't anticipate that we'd see as much centralization in the chip manufacturing side of Mining I was a bit surprised by that. I also thought that That Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could be attacked more readily which Was certainly a fear back when when empty box collapse. It was the first time that I felt Oh, this could be it. This could be the end of Bitcoin We'll have to we'll have to start over. We'll have to reboot it and start again. This could this could really kill Bitcoin I mean keep in mind at the time is really the only exchange of represented 80% of the volume and it went down in such a Spectacular way So that time I was scared Ironically, I'm not so easily scared anymore. I think I had Underestimated how resilient this technology is and how strong it is and how hard it is to take it down. I also underestimated How fragmented the community could get how much? trolling and bitterness and personal vendetta's and things like that and egos Could become in this space the the debate really surprised me with the amount of bitterness and vitriol and passion behind it and So, you know now now, I think I'm a bit wiser Anytime you have large amounts of money I think the inevitable trajectory of any cryptocurrency community is eventually you will arrive at a point of controversy That is big enough With stakes that are high enough that emotions will get very very heated and some people do not act in good faith Some people will will Act in self-interest. I also believe that that's one of the ways that outsiders have tried to attack this system by attacking the community and Creating drama on purpose. It's a classic Technique used against grassroots movement Evander asks if you were to make one change to Bitcoin What would it be and why? Well, if I were to make one change to Bitcoin, I would get downvoted by consensus because No one gets to make changes to Bitcoin but I Think that what I'd like to see is more Implementation of privacy features, but I think these changes are already happening So I Really think there's I don't really think there's anything that I would Change in Bitcoin from the original design. I think it would be hubris to think I can do it better Every every month every week almost somebody comes along with hey I'm new to Bitcoin. I just found out about it, and I already have ideas on how to make it better. So I created X coin an X coin is the next Bitcoin, you know what there's been a next Bitcoin every year since the beginning of Bitcoin and Bitcoin still the next Bitcoin and there's a reason for that the particular set of Building blocks and careful design choices that were in Bitcoin happened to be Just right for the level of adoption and development and security that we have with Bitcoin and Trying to improve on that is a fool's game. I think there are many experts who are Suggesting some I think interesting and relevant improvements primarily in the area of privacy Which is an area that definitely can be improved But when people tell you the bitcoins Broken or it's got fatal problems or design issues or it's soon going to be superseded by this next technology I Would be very skeptical when I hear those kinds of things. Yes other Coins may exceed Bitcoin and market cap having more money to throw at something doesn't make it better The banks can make a coin that has more market cap than Bitcoin. Of course, they can money is the one thing they have But can you make something that's more secure? Can you make something that's more decentralized? Can you make something that's more autonomous? Can you make something that is more censorship resistant? better for the things that Bitcoin is good at and I don't think we can And if we can we can do those things mostly with Bitcoin because it's already caught a very good basis for doing those things