This is the latest article in a series where we interview real users to understand what Bitcoin SV (BSV) applications are using, their pain points and what it takes to scale and achieve mass adoption. This series intends to seek the views of those with “boots on the ground” rather than just entrepreneurs and developers.
I interviewed a power user Mungojellyuses a lot of BSV software that I’ve observed and has some pretty interesting insights into the value of micropayments.
What is your favorite app built on Bitcoin and why?
Mungojelly: If you’ve seen my show, Send More Dogs, you know that I’m a huge fan of Durodogs (I refuse to spell that “Duro Dogs”, sorry). It’s a great game that makes great use of BSV—I especially enjoy how it uses the rarity of dog clothes NFTs to create Veblen goods, facilitating a signaling aspect that breathes life into an otherwise just silly cartoon gameplay element. , but I’m most interested in this because it seems to me that inviting new people to the chain is the best option for us right now so that we can get rid of the many horrors of the internet as quickly as possible.
What app(s) do you use on a daily basis and why?
Mungojelly: Like Durodogs, I check my HandCash notifications, Blockpost and Bitchat daily, and I’m an active user of Knavigator, which doesn’t send anything but tips yet, but it’s a really interesting design. I check the Windbell and Mornin’ Run announcements several times a week, not daily. There’s not enough going on there yet to use it on a daily basis, but I’m also excited about the new stickdoodz.net, so hopefully I’ll be using it more as it develops!
How long have you been a digital currency user?
Mungojelly: I first heard about cryptocurrency when people starting Litecoin were spamming literally every channel on Freenode, which meant they had a very fair launch, so I knew that was the day I first knew Craig Wright’s system existed. . October 13, 2011, but it wasn’t until early 2013 that I used Bitcoin for the first time.
If applicable, what other digital currencies do you use?
Mungojelly: I’ve only been using BSV lately, except I’ve used fake ‘BTC’ a few times to buy BSV because no one will sell me BSV for cash locally yet. I dabbled with the Dogecoin meme for a while, and I still feel nostalgic every time I pass a pole with a few sticky remnants of the Dogecoin sticker I put up on my street, but unfortunately there’s very little left of that sticker. Dogecoin spirit, in Dogecoin itself, because it jumped its shark long ago.
Part of what I’m trying to do with Send More Dogs is to bring back to Bitcoin the spirit of open humble joy that makes Dogecoin such a special meme.
What do you think the Bitcoin SV space needs most?
Mungojelly: Well, users. But to put it more constructively, it should become where the party is! We need more fun stuff to share, like your great “/rain” command on the Retrofeed chat! We need to get data flowing properly at bSocial so that there is a growing social media space that people can access. On a moral level, we need BSV to be a safe, welcoming place where people can make space for themselves. We must throw away all dead memories and sense of exclusivity and invite all at once to new bursts of creativity.
Are you still bullish on the BSV price?
Mungojelly: Funny. I expect each BSV to be worth millions of dollars, and I mean today’s dollars, not just when the dollar crashes! I think there’s still a big chance that the system will crash completely, but at this point it seems to be part of killing it by bribing BSV owners, like how they tried to drive up the price of fake ‘BTC’. while actually removing all of his true ability to change society. I hope and I intend to be brave enough to stick to the plan of creating an open microtransaction system for the whole world, regardless of the bribes and threats that anyone can use to distract us.
What overall impact (positive, negative, neutral) do you feel Craig Wright and Calvin Ayre have had on the space?
Mungojelly: By inventing Bitcoin, Craig Wright made it possible for us to continue the project of using computer networks to connect humanity. Calvin Ayre saved Bitcoin in a time of crisis, bringing working, living Bitcoin to the present day to keep that hope from dying. I have deep disagreements with both of them on politics and probably a lot of other things, but that doesn’t diminish my immense gratitude for how they brought us Bitcoin.
Do you believe BSV needs better marketing? If so, why?
Mungojelly: Obvious!? The BSV brand is both completely unknown and widely hated at the same time. However, it is available for people to use for free and they will love it as soon as they use it. Has there ever been anything in history that needed the right marketing campaign more?! Finally, if marketing has any useful purpose for our blessed little blue-green world, so be it.
What are your pain points and frustrations when using applications that integrate Bitcoin SV?
Mungojelly: Everything! I guess I should be more specific. My main frustration is trying to attract new users. Things are simple enough for me to use, but like I said, I’ve been doing it for ten years now. The main problem is the paradigm that every user of anything is an individual atom who takes personal responsibility as an operator of wallet-sending transactions, so people must accept a complex, ambiguous, newly invented identity bundle to do anything at all. to a technology they don’t yet understand.
Instead, I need to be able to invite people into structures that are completely familiar, except for the new powers granted by Bitcoin. For example, paying a few sats to open a space where people can be invited without needing to sign up for anything new, and then there are bots and features where people sitting in that space can do interesting things. value for everyone – like “come to this cool place, I paid a few sats to create it, it’s at a regular URL and doesn’t require any fancy tools, here I’ll pay a few sats to put some cool art on the walls.”
Then comes the question of how to get the wallet when someone wants to do it themselves because they already see the value flowing and want more control over it.
What do you think is the biggest risk to mass adoption of Bitcoin?
Mungojelly: Bitcoin is so good that the first major attack on it was a nearly identical system called “Bitcoin”. The concept of “Bitcoin” will continue to be Bitcoin’s biggest weakness. We need to look at the ultimate goal of allowing people around the world to communicate and trade freely, and ignore anything simply called “Bitcoin” that doesn’t truly empower its users in these fundamentally practical ways.
What kind of hot relationship do you have in space?
Mungojelly: I think you got the best of me with your next question, lol, thanks for hearing me out, so I’ll answer there.
I’ve noticed you commenting on Bitchat and other social networks that the prices of NFTs, services, etc. should be cheaper because of Bitcoin’s micropayment capabilities. Can you elaborate on this?
Mungojelly: To be clear, I don’t want unskilled online labor to be cheap. I am not suggesting how things should be. I am literally a communist and I would like the price of labor to be as high as possible, please! I say what people don’t want to hear, so thank you for giving me this forum, especially since the price is naturally low and simply denying the reality won’t change it. Less than a quarter of a million sats fall per person on Earth. Most of these sats are currently not trying to get casual labor online. There are billions of people on the internet who can do anything and they are working for absolutely zero sats right now! I give my hard work to the richest people in the world for zero sessions forever – just one session to tweet, or infinite interest on Facebook. Let the price be what it really is and we’ll all be better off when the sats start flowing.
Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions, Mungojelly. I hope readers have gained a better understanding of the space from the perspective of everyday users.
This article has been lightly edited for clarity and grammar purposes.
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