If people on *cypherpunks* cant get the points in the post, I think
the world has a problem. The price of security in a distributed
system like bitcoin is eternal vigilance, but if people dont
understand what constitutes a risk and hence what to be vigilant for,
the meta-system can be unreliable and lose its assurances. I think we
need to explain some more concepts and probably people will over time
learn things and and an influencer pyramid emerge as happened in
privacy technology.
Yes, I'm sure that when people who disagree with you, it's always because they are wrong and never because you don't understand the situation as well as you think you do. I'm sure you know more about Bitcoin than Gavin does.