Thread by @bradmillscan

I am vehemently opposed to the way BCH is marketed by CSW, Ver & associates.

I detest the "Bitcoin Cash Is Bitcoin" and "BTC is Bitcoin Core" narrative.

However, today I was introducing someone to Bitcoin and ran into a strong wall of cognitive dissonance when I HAD to use BCH.

2/ This is an edge case for North America, but very common globally.

I was touring a Bitcoin mining facility and the security guard asked me what Bitcoin was.

As I usually do, I said "grab your phone and I'll send you some."

She was keen, but there was one problem...

3/ She ran out of data...she couldn't download a Bitcoin wallet.

I've previously been sent BCH to my cell via @vinarmani's @CoinText app by friends trying to convert me to team Bcash.

So reluctantly, I texted her $10 worth of BCH and she got it instantly.

4/ I have to say Cointext is a well built product.

It senses local currency and denominates appropriately. Kudos to Vin & team for that.

Even though this user had an easy onboarding experience, I feel cointext is poor opsec & teaches bad habits, but its a great marketing tool.

5/ I would have preferred to send her BTC, but my choice was either infect her with the crypto bug or not.

Why hasn't anyone built a widely used app like cointext for BTC user onboarding?

6/ For the record, I'm advising the facility to mine primarily BTC. Check out this haul of DragonMints from @HalongMining 💯