Bankless · Monday, July 13, 2026
Dan Held believes Bitcoin adoption is a generational process, with older generations (boomers) being less likely to adopt due to ingrained beliefs. He suggests that younger generations will gradually embrace Bitcoin, similar to how scientific progress occurs, implying it will take time for its full impact to be realized.
“I do think that this is going to be a generational thing. I don't think the boomers, most boomers, I think, are kind of too far gone. They're too set in their ways.”
“And so as the famous quote goes, science progresses at the death of every scientist. I think Bitcoin adoption will... I understand that quote slightly differently. The quote that I have in my head is, science progress one grave at a time.”
“Basically, the old science. We need the old people to die so the new people can take over. But that's not a revolution. That's just time passing.”