Spent an hour earlier listening to *Bitcoin Jesus* voicing his concerns over BTC's looming issues. Real genuine guy. Reflecting upon his talk, I can't help but think that Steem is what he's actually looking for. Here are some of the points that he brought up:-

- There's censorship happening to dissenting ideas about Bitcoin on forums and a good number of crypto-news websites. Total support of free speech is preferable, and the platform should maintain itself as a free open network for all.

- Roger Ver expressed his intention to spread Bitcoin's usage as  wide and as quickly as possible in a race to get mainstream folks to experience Bitcoin's usefulness before losing them out to misinformation / smearing by governments or special-interest groups. He mentioned that it's happening in India, with certain groups telling the public that Bitcoin is being used by terrorists and the drug trade, without saying anything else about it.

- He mentioned that he used to be able to tell people that transaction costs are basically negligible. But now it can range from 10 cents to 50 cents, even up to 10 dollars for a complicated transaction. With a worsening transaction experience, the network is losing its competitive advantage.

- He wants Bitcoin transactions to be as fast, as safe, as cheap, and as reliable as possible, but that has been degraded over the past couple of years. Basically, scalability issues are turning out to be not so useful for businesses anymore.

Just give it a listen and think - isn't Steem what he's been looking for in a blockchain? Fast 3-seconds blocktime, uncensorable (so much that even any dissenting ideas of Steem itself is happening right on the blockchain!), and exactly zero transaction fees. Plus people just register, get a wallet, and have the means to earn possible rewards right away, even without being a miner. All while participating in a social network that gives it extra unique properties of a new kind of organization.

I wonder what are his thoughts about Steem. Is he still around? If you're reading this @rogerkver, I think Steem deserves a second or third look. There are plenty of misinformed folks spreading falsehoods about Steem so that might've coloured your perception. In any case, I think Steemit Inc should update that whitepaper link as soon as possible. 

Great interview. If you're new to cryptocurrencies, I would suggest you to subscribe to [Epicenter](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh-0T48JrvvmKDX41aWB_Vg) on Youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUegfo-8HKc

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