ok so I’m seeing that a counter argument is that the money part of crypto is not the leading argument anymore, but it’s the backend tech that will allow for a democratic internet. I’m all for that, but here I am trying to set up a Coinbase wallet and I want to blow my brains out. 

After jumping through every hoop successfully now it says “something went wrong” and to make sure I have the most updated version. I do. Shoot me. 

If the tech can’t be used by idiots like me, how is it gonna scale in a world filled with idiots?

unfortunately in crypto, almost everyone is misinformed by design 

sort of the thing about multiple options competing for half a user, sold as decentralised 

@metamask is still the best first-time wallet *if* someone is trying to learn. if noob just wants to dip toes and try something like minting an NFT or making a swap I'd suggest @rainbow 

personally I'd never recommend coinbase products. but that's because of what @natrix pointed out. coinbase freezes funds like it's going out of fashion. their bread and butter is custody for the elite and now Base, which is the most successful but unaligned L2

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having the journos here will be good for me to practice my writing :) 

I been trying to communicate with other degens for so long, it's good to work the smooth brain muscle sometimes