Experienced users of Bitcoin mrkozak

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This is the latest in a series of articles where we survey real users of Bitcoin SV (BSV) apps to understand what apps they use, their pain points, and what is needed to scale and achieve mass adoption. This series aims to learn the thoughts of those with “boots on the ground” instead of just entrepreneurs and developers.

I interviewed power user mrkozak, whom I observed using various BSV applications and having some very interesting insights into what can be done with the technology.

What is your favorite app built on Bitcoin, and why?

Mrkozak: DuroDogs, Haste Arcade, PayPistol, CryptoFights. I don’t have a favorite, but these are the ones I liked when I first heard about BSV. I think they are onto something. I think having characters on-chain or in my portfolio is what was most interesting to me.

I tend to dislike investing my time in a game and then having all my progress wiped out if a company closes down. I guess I can keep my DuroDogs and CryptoFights characters forever and hopefully years or decades later show them off with the work I put into them. This idea is bullish for me personally.

PayPistol, spamming people, is fun, and I think it will become a big tool in the future. Haste Arcade is just awesome, it may need to evolve a bit, or it just needs to get into arcade machines ASAP. People either like throwing quarters in arcades once in a while or they don’t, but I think they’re onto something.

Which application(s) do you use on a daily basis and why?

Mrkozak: I was about to say that I don’t use any BSV apps daily, but I guess I use Twetch while tweeting the channel on Twitter. Earning satoshis (satoshis) is not really for me there, but maybe it can attract people from Twitter interested in blockchain. I also spam myHandCashhandle on every Twitter post I see asking for it.

How long have you been a digital currency user?

Mrkozak: I first played with crypto maybe three years ago, I was skeptical and ended up playing with doge as a meme, but unfortunately I didn’t invest. About a year later (near all-time highs) I started playing crypto more. I was attracted to the cheap fees because I just couldn’t see how anyone other than early adopters could use and spend $btc and $eth.

I hopped on Twitter and followed the folks at Algorand, Stellar Lumens and Celo, it was fun, but for some reason it didn’t stick. Later I went to BSV the same way on Twitter, followed a group of people, tried PayPistol and was hooked. BSV offered more utility than the NFT and tokens others seemed to offer.

What other digital currencies do you use, if any?

Mrkozak: I slowly sold most of my little bags to everything other than $BSV. I enjoy staying poor.

What do you think the Bitcoin SV space needs the most?

Mrkozak: Stoic positivity. I’m thinking of the stoicism internally about the typical crypto that even exists on BSV, the external positivity towards technology and the future. We’re in a space that’s all about money, budget, be smart.

Are you still bullish on the BSV price?

Mrkozak: Yes. I’m not a trader at all, I lost relatively a lot of money in this space. After missing dogecoin, even though I loved it as a meme, I figured if I really like something, it doesn’t hurt to own it, just in case. I think BSV has more potential than dogecoin, and I like that, so I’m kinda holding on.

What overall impact (positive, negative, neutral) do you think Craig Wright and Calvin Ayre have on the space?

Mrkozak: I don’t know much about them except what I see online and the few videos I’ve seen about Craig. Craig’s louder, so I can’t hear him anymore. I quietly wonder if crypto needs a disruption like what Craig is doing or else it might continue to scam people, and Bitcoin might end up being seen as a sad joke for most people.

Organization leaders probably need to be careful of public appearances, especially on social media. I see Calvinin neutral light online, the hate he gets isn’t from his social media, he’s a businessman doing what he thinks is right. I think my answer is: POSITIVE. They disrupt crypto, so they get hate.

Do you think BSV needs better marketing?

Mrkozak: Probably yes, maybe Christen does, but let’s not put all the pressure on one person.

If yes, why?

Mrkozak: People need to see that it’s possible to do more on the channel, not just sell jpegs and build channel loyalty for the channel they have the most bags on. Bitcoin is a technological revolution, not a pump and dump.

What are your pain points and frustrations when it comes to using apps that integrate Bitcoin SV?

Mrkozak: We are early adopters. We fund people’s experiences. An app pops up, we assume it’s legit or will continue to grow, it shuts us down and moves on. It’s understandable, but maybe we need real companies, not anons building apps.

Maybe we need BSV WordPress plugins or simpler applications. One app I would use a lot is note.sv, an encrypted note and password manager, but I can’t seem to trust it because I don’t know how it works.

What is the greatest risk, in your opinion, for Bitcoin to be widely adopted?

Mrkozak: People might not really want the technology. That’s why it probably needs more discrete tech running in the background.

What’s a hot take you have on space?

Mrkozak: I think everyone here wants the best for each other, even the NFT scammers. This doesn’t mean you should buy every jpeg available.

You seem to be interested in an RPG (role-playing game) built with Bitcoin, could you express your opinion on this?

Mrkozak: I think the underlying idea is that an RPG is like an emulation of real life. I’m not very serious about it and I’m not a gamer at all. I just think having simple cheap or free items for the existing NFT characters we have would be fun and simulate what trading would be like in real life.

Spam the channel, but since some protocols lock sats in NFTs, people might need to have a plan when they strike. Imagine the community everyone has around an NFT drop like Gopniks, but large and affordable enough to engage everyone in the space. Someone has to drop me a rock NFT with the description, your moose tripped over a rock, he decided to pick it up. It’s fun, I think.

Thank you, mrkozak, for taking the time to answer my questions. I hope readers got a better understanding of the space from the perspective of everyday users.

This article has been lightly edited for clarity and grammar.

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